Symphony No. 1 (Haydn)

1 in D major, Hoboken I/1, was written in 1759 in Unter-Lukawitz, while in the service of Count Morzin.

4,[3] or both could have been composed in 1757 or 1758, which would make the D major symphony Haydn's third, rather than first.

1 is scored for 2 oboes (or possibly flute), bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo.

[4] Like most of the early symphonies by Haydn and his contemporaries, it is in three movements: The first movement opens with a Mannheim crescendo which is in contrast to the rest of the symphony, which is more Austrian in character.

[5] The first movement has "frequent passages", where the violas are "used with some ingenuity and quite separately from the bass line.