Symphony No. 27 (Haydn)

Joseph Haydn
This article is about the symphony by Joseph Haydn. For the symphony by Michael Haydn, see Symphony No. 27 (Michael Haydn).

Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 27 in G major (Hoboken I/27) was probably written before March 19, 1761, while he was employed by Count Morzin. Its chronological position was assigned by Eusebius Mandyczewski in 1907.[1] Although later adopted by Hoboken, Robbins Landon has subsequently revised the work's likely chronological position [2] and now believes that the symphony is one of Haydn's earliest, written at roughly the same time as symphonies nos. 15–18. Haydn himself may have labeled the symphony his 16th, although this remains unclear.[2]

  1. ^ Published in Joseph Haydns Werke: erste kritische durchgesehene Gesamtausgabe
  2. ^ a b HC Robbins Landon, Haydn: Chronicle and Works, 5 vols, (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1976-) v. 1, Haydn: the Early Years, 1732-1765, 280-294.