Symphony No. 4 (Haydn)
Symphony in three movements by Joseph Haydn
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Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 4 in D major, Hob. I/4, is one of the earliest symphonies he wrote, believed to have been composed roughly between 1757 and 1761. The work is scored for two oboes, bassoon, two horns, strings, and continuo.[1] As usual for the period, it is in three movements:
The second movement features a syncopated second violin part.[2] The walking eighth-notes of the second violins are offset by half a step (a sixteenth note) from the first violins that play above it.[3]
The finale is marked Tempo di menuetto, but is not in the 3
4 time of a minuet, but in the 3
8 time which is typical of Haydn's other early symphonic finales.[2] Also, unlike other minuets, the movement lacks a central trio section.
