Symphony No. 25 (Michael Haydn)

The Symphony No. 25 in G major, Perger 16, Sherman 25, MH 334 is a classical symphony that was composed by Michael Haydn in 1783,[1] with a completion date of May 23.[2] It is scored for flute (in the second movement), 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings.[2]

The opus was for a long time believed to be Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 37 in G major, K. 444/425a, but it is now known that Mozart only added an Adagio maestoso introduction to Michael Haydn's symphony, "an expressive prelude, which, moreover, is by no means entirely in key with the movement it is intended to prepare."[3] The true authorship was discovered by Lothar Perger in 1907.

The work is in three movements:

  1. Allegro con spirito
  2. Andante sostenuto
  3. Finale: Allegro molto
\relative c''' { \key g \major \tempo "Allegro con spirito" g2\f d | b' g | c c, | b4 c4\trill d4 r8 d | c'2 c, | b4 c4\trill d4 r8 d, }
  1. ^ H. Jancik, Michael Haydn: Ein vergessener Meister Amalthea-Verlag, p. 127
  2. ^ a b Pajot, Dennis. "K444 Symphony #37". mozartforum.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  3. ^ Georges de Saint-Foix, The Symphonies of Mozart, transl. Leslie Orrey. London: Dennis Dobson Ltd. (1949): 95