Symphony no 8 haydn biography

This article is about the symphony by Joseph Haydn. For the symphony by Michael Haydn, see Symphony No. 8 (Michael Haydn).

Joseph Haydn wrote his Symphony No.

8 in G major under the employ of Prince Paul II Anton Esterházy in Spring 1761, in the transition between the Baroque and Classical periods. It is the third part of a set of three symphonies that Prince Anton had commissioned him to write – Le matin ("Morning"; No.

6), Le midi ("Noon"; No. 7) and Le soir ("Evening"; No. 8).

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He had given him as inspiration the three times of Day.

Orchestration

The orchestration used in Symphony No. 8 is very similar to the concerto grosso style of the Baroque period, where a small group of solo instruments was set against a larger ensemble.

In Symphony No. 8, the small group consists of two solo violins, solo violoncello and a solo violone and the large ensemble contains one flute, two oboes, bassoon, two horns, strings and harpsichord. Haydn's use of