Symphony No. 4 (Haydn)

Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 4 in D major, Hob. I/4, is one of the earliest symphonies he wrote, believed to have been composed roughly between 1757 and 1761.

The work is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo. As usual for the period, it is in three movements:


 * 1) Presto,
 * 2) Andante in D minor,
 * 3) Tempo di menuetto,

The second movement features a syncopated second violin part. The walking eighth-notes of the second violins are offset by half a step (a sixteenth note) from the first violins that play above it.

The finale is marked Tempo di menuetto, but is not in the time of a minuet, but in the  time which is typical of Haydn's other early symphonic finales. Also, unlike other minuets, the movement lacks a central trio section.