HAYDN, Joseph 1732-1809

[Hob. I:94]. Quintetto pour Flute, 2.Violons, Alto & Violoncelle. Clavecin as libitum ... Oeuvre 92. Liv: I. No: [3] ... Pr: Fl: 2. [Set of parts]

Bonn: N. Simrock [PN 81], 1799.

Folio. Unbound as issued. Laid into early mid-blue stiff paper folder with olive green ties, decorative cut-paper manuscript title label to upper and additional label to spine.

Flute: [i] title), 12-16 pp.
Violin I: [i](blank), 16-23, [i] (blank) pp.
Violin II: [i] (blank), 14-19, [i] (blank) pp.
Viola: [i] (blank)(2 copies in 19th century manuscript)
Piano: 23-31, [i] (blank) pp.
Engraved throughout.

With small oval handstamp of the "Musikalische Gesellschaft in Worms" to each part; early signature in dark pink ink to blank upper outer corner of violin I part; identification in early manuscript to most parts; "58" in dark pink ink to most parts.

Folder worn, with portions of spine and ties lacking. Slightly worn, soiled, foxed, browned, and dampstained internally.

Coll.Sy.17b-3. Hoboken Collection Vol. 6, 439. Not in RISM (but see H4085 for related edition).

An arrangement of Symphony No. 94 in G major, the "Surprise Symphony," the second of the twelve London symphonies, composed in London in 1791 and first performed there at the Hanover Square Rooms on 23 March 1792 with Haydn conducting.

Item #40463

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