The Symphony No. 20 in
C major (Hoboken I/20) is a festive[1]symphony by
Joseph Haydn. Hodgson places the composition date in either 1761 or 1762[2] while Brown states that it was likely composed before 1761.[3]
Calvin Stapert affirmatively states that it was composed in the group of 15 symphonies within Haydn's tenure with Count Morzin (1757 - March 1761). And is festive, like C major Symphonies 32, 33, and 37.
[4] It is scored for 2
oboes,
bassoon, 2
horns, 2
trumpets,
timpani,
strings and
continuo.[5] The symphony is in four movements:
The winds are silent in the
serenade-like second movement with the melody in the first violins, broken chords in the second violins and a
pizzicato bassline.[3]
References
^Antony Hodgson, The Music of Joseph Haydn: The Symphonies. London: The Tantivy Press (1976): 57.
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abA. Peter Brown, The first golden age of the Viennese symphony: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert, p. 47. Indiana University Press, 2002.
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^Stapert, Calvin (2014). Playing Before the Lord- Life of Joseph Haydn. p. 35.
^H. C. Robbins Landon, The Symphonies of Joseph Haydn. London: Universal Edition & Rockliff (1955): 645. "2 ob., 2 cor. (C, prob. alto), 2 clarini (trpt.), timp. str. [ fag., cemb. ]."