Symphony No. 36 (Haydn)

Joseph Haydn
This article is about the symphony by Joseph Haydn. For the symphony by Michael Haydn, see Symphony No. 36 (Michael Haydn).

Joseph Haydn wrote his Symphony No. 36 in E♭ major, Hoboken 1/36, some time in the first half of the 1760s, around the same time as his Symphony No. 33, for Prince Nikolaus Esterházy. Scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo, the slow movement features solos for violin and cello.[1] It is in four movements:

  1. Vivace, 3
    4
  2. Adagio in B♭ major, 2
    2
  3. Menuet – Trio (Trio in B♭ major), 3
    4
  4. Allegro, 2
    4
  1. ^ H. C. Robbins Landon, The Symphonies of Joseph Haydn. London: Universal Edition & Rockliff (1955): 669. "2 ob., 2 cor., vln. solo (in II), vcl. solo (in II), str. [fag., cemb.]."