Symphony No. 39 (Haydn)
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Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 39 in G minor is believed to have been written in 1766 or 1767.
The symphony's dark tone and the fact that it is in a minor key (unusual for a Classical era symphony) appears to place it among Haydn's Sturm und Drang works (such as the Symphony No. 45), although those works are on the whole dated a little later, in the early 1770s.
The Symphony No. 39 is in the usual four movement quick-slow-minuet-quick scheme:
- Allegro assai
- Andante
- Menuet
- Finale: Allegro di molto
It is written for an orchestra consisting of two oboes, four French horns, and strings (violins divided into two, violas, cellos and double basses).