Symphony No. 104 in D major "London"

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orchestral work symphony

Symphony No. 104 in D major "London" is Joseph Haydn’s final and most celebrated symphony, renowned for its inventive orchestration and as a crowning achievement of the Classical symphonic repertoire.

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Symphony No. 104 in D major "London" canonical 2
Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 1
Symphony No. 104 in D major 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Symphony No. 104 in D major "London" ⓘ
surface form: Haydn’s Symphony No. 104

London Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
surface form: London Symphony
catalogNumber Hob. I:104 ⓘ
commissionedBy Johann Peter Salomon (concert promoter) ⓘ
composer Joseph Haydn ⓘ
compositionPeriod 1795 ⓘ
conductorAtPremiere Joseph Haydn ⓘ
countryOfPremiere United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReputation one of Haydn’s most celebrated symphonies ⓘ
dedicatedTo London audience ⓘ
era late 18th century ⓘ
firstPerformanceType public concert ⓘ
firstPublicationPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
genre Classical symphony ⓘ
influenced later Classical and early Romantic symphonies ⓘ
instrumentation 2 bassoons ⓘ
2 clarinets ⓘ
2 flutes ⓘ
2 horns ⓘ
2 oboes ⓘ
2 trumpets ⓘ
strings ⓘ
timpani ⓘ
key D major ⓘ
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
movement Adagio – Allegro ⓘ
Andante ⓘ
Finale: Spiritoso ⓘ
Menuetto: Allegro ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
notableFeature inventive orchestration ⓘ
prominent use of folk-like themes in the finale ⓘ
slow introduction to the first movement ⓘ
notableRecording numerous recordings by major orchestras worldwide ⓘ
ordinalNumber 104 ⓘ
partOfSeries London Symphonies ⓘ
surface form: London symphonies
positionInOeuvre Haydn’s final symphony ⓘ
positionInSeries last of the London symphonies ⓘ
premiereDate 1795-05-04 ⓘ
premierePlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
premiereVenue King’s Theatre, Haymarket ⓘ
scoredFor orchestra ⓘ
structure four-movement Classical symphonic form ⓘ
stylePeriod Classical period ⓘ

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Joseph Haydn → notableWork → Symphony No. 104 in D major "London" ⓘ
London Symphonies → containsWork → Symphony No. 104 in D major "London" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Symphony No. 104 in D major
London Symphonies → nicknameOfContainedWork → Symphony No. 104 in D major "London" ⓘ
Symphony No. 104 in D major "London" → alsoKnownAs → Symphony No. 104 in D major "London" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haydn’s Symphony No. 104