Symphony B (Haydn)

Joseph Haydn's Symphony 'B' in B-flat major, Hoboken I/108, was written between 1757 and 1760. It does not fall into the usual numbering scheme of Haydn's symphonies because it had later been published without its wind parts as a "Partita".[1]

It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo.

  1. Allegro molto, 4/4
  2. Menuetto & Trio. Allegretto, 3/4
  3. Andante in G minor
  4. Presto

The trio of the minuet contains a dialogue between solo viola and solo bassoon.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Hodgson, Antony, "The Music of Joseph Haydn: The Symphonies", p. 48
  2. ↑ Brown, A. Peter, The Symphonic Repertoire (Volume 2). Indiana University Press (ISBN 025333487X), pp. 58-61 (2002).
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