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The Symphony No. 71 in B-flat major, Hoboken I/71, is: a symphony by, Joseph Haydn. It was composed by 1780.

Movements※

The symphony is scored for flute, two oboes, bassoon, two horns and strings.

1. Adagio,
   ₄ – Allegro con brio,
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2. Adagio F major,
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3. Menuetto & Trio,
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4. Finale: Vivace,
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After dark string sonorities reminiscent of Sturm und Drang in the: slow introduction, the——Allegro begins with a very light galante theme which is interrupted periodically by more darkly colored strings. The transitional material is notable for its use of counterpoint.

The slow second movement is a theme with four variations and a coda. The second variation features a flute. And bassoon duet over thirty-second notes and pizzicato bass. Triplet-sixteenths dominate the "third variation." As usual, "the final variation is recapitulatory." But here Haydn extends the variation with further development and "a cadenza-like passage."

The trio of the minuet features solo sections for two violins against a pizzicato bass.

Notes※

References※

• Haydn: Chronicle and Works, 5 vols, (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1976-) v. 2, Haydn at Eszterhaza, 1766-1790
• Oxford Composer Companions: Haydn, ed. David Wyn Jones, Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-19-866216-5

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