Symphony No. 37 (Haydn)

It can be presumed it was written for the orchestra of Count Morzin, in which Haydn was employed until[1] February 1761.

[2] The work is scored for two oboes, bassoon, two horns, trumpets, timpani and strings with continuo.

Similarities have been drawn between the 24 opening movement and the 24 finale to Georg von Reutter's Servizio di tavola in C major from 1757.

[1] The two knew each other because Reutter was the director of music in St. Stephen's Cathedral where Haydn sang as a child.

The work is one of the few symphonies of the Classical era to place the Minuet second (others include Haydn's 32nd and 44th, and his brother Michael's 15th and 16th).