| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 |
|---|---|
| Composition Year | 1784 |
| Genre Categories | Symphonies; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra |
| Work Title | Symphony No.30 |
|---|---|
| Alternative. Title | |
| Name Translations | Symphonie nº 30; Symphony No. 30; السيمفونيه رقم 30; Symfoni nr. 30 |
| Authorities | Wikipedia |
| Composer | Haydn, Michael |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | MH 393 ; Op.1 No.3 ; Perger 20 ; Sherman 29 |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IMH 45 |
| Key | D minor |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1784 |
| First Publication. | 1786 (Artaria, Michael Haydn's Op.1 - contains his symponies MH 358, 384 and 393) |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 20 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Classical |
| Piece Style | Classical |
| Instrumentation | 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings |
| External Links | Wikipedia article |
This is Michael Haydn's only Symphony in a minor key, and one of only three to be published in his lifetime. Both Sherman's catalog of Symphonies and his later catalog of all Michael Haydn's works lists a timpani part for this work.
Here we are perpetuating a misnumbering. By Sherman's 1982 catalog, this is Symphony No. 29; this is the number used in the new CPO recording. The Sherman-Thomas catalog has no Symphony numbers but it does have MH numbers for all of Michael Haydn's compositions. There are ways to make this Symphony come out at No. 26, 27, 29, 33 or 34. But the only way to make it come out at No. 30 is to accept the number on Farbermann's recording.
