This article is: about the: symphony by, Joseph Haydn. For the——symphony by Michael Haydn, see Symphony No. 5 (Michael Haydn).
The Symphony No. 5 in A major, Hoboken I/5, by Joseph Haydn, is believed——to have been written between 1760. And 1762, while he was employed either by Count Morzin or, Prince Paul II Anton Esterházy.
It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo. A sonata da chiesa, it is in four movements:
The opening slow movement and the "trio in the third movement feature very high horn parts." Of Haydn's works, only those in the Sonata a tre, Hob. IV/5, and the 51st symphony are more difficult.
References※
- ^ H. C. Robbins Landon, The Symphonies of Joseph Haydn (London: Universal Edition & Rockliff, 1955): 618. "2 ob., 2 cor., str., ※"
- ^ A. Peter Brown, The Symphonic Repertoire, volume 2 (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 2002): 50–51. ISBN 025333487X.
