Symphony No. 27 (Haydn)

[2] In 1946, a copy of the symphony was discovered in the summer palace of Baron Samuel von Brukenthal near the city of Hermannstadt (now Sibiu in Romania).

[2][3] Because of the political climate in Eastern Europe following the Second World War, it was some time before musicologists were able to examine the find and realize that the manuscript was a copy of a work that had already been published by Breitkopf & Hartel in 1907.

[2] Manuscript evidence suggests this work was originally scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, strings and continuo.

[4] The work is in three movements: Despite the small forces at Haydn's disposal, the symphonic expression is broad and vigorous.

Robbins Landon describes the movement "as Italian an andante as was ever composed in Naples or Palermo".