London Symphonies
London Symphonies. Collective name given to Joseph Haydn's last 12 syms., Nos. 93–104 in Breitkopf ed., all written for the London impresario J. P. Salomon and first played in London during Haydn's visits, 1791–2 and 1794–5. The last, No.104, is usually known as the ‘London’, for no special or good reason. The list which follows gives the syms. in chronological order of comp., with Breitkopf numbering, according to the Haydn scholar H. C. Robbins Landon:
No. | Date on score | F.p. | |
96 | (‘Miracle’) | London 1791 | 1791 |
95 | London 1791 | 1791 | |
93 | London 1791 | Feb. 1792 | |
94 | (‘Surprise’) | London 1791 | Mar. 1792 |
98 | London 1792(?) | Mar.1792 | |
97 | London 1792 | May 1792 | |
99 | (Austria 1793) | Feb. 1794 | |
100 | (‘Military’) | London 1794 | Mar.1794 |
101 | (‘Clock’) | London 1794 | Mar.1794 |
102 | London 1794 | Feb.1795 | |
103 | (‘Drum Roll’) | London 1795 | Mar.1795 |
104 | (‘London’) | London 1795 | Mar.1795 |
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