This was the first of Haydn's D major symphonies to use both trumpet and timpani in the original score. The true miracle is the music: the six Paris symphonies themselves, of which No. In light of his busy schedule, it is nearly miraculous that he was able to fulfill Comte d'Ogny's flattering commission. For eleven months of each year, he supervised operas and all other musical activity at Esterháza, the Prince's palatial country estate. Haydn still had extensive responsibilities in his capacity as Kapellmeister to Prince Esterházy. Haydn as super-achiever: high productivity level After 1786, Loge Olympique performances no longer took place in the Masonic Lodge, but were moved to the Guard Room at the Palace of the Tuileries. The premieres of all six works took place in 1787. 86 was probably one of the last of the set to be written. They reflect a grander symphonic concept that indicates Haydn was thinking in terms of both a larger audience and larger orchestra. This French commission had the potential for excellent sales and a sizeable market in France alone.Īs a group, these six works (which have become known as the "Paris" symphonies) are regarded as the first of Haydn's great mature symphonies. Paris was then the center of Europe's growing music publishing industry. It was a large, lucrative and prestigious assignment and a great tribute to Haydn's fame in the distant French capital.
Its leader, Claude François-Marie Rigoley, Comte d'Ogny, proposed the generous sum of 30 Louis d'or to Haydn for performance and publication rights.
But the most remarkable aspect of Haydn's extraordinary popularity by the 1780s is that he remained in the private employ of Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy, spending most of each year far from major metropolitan areas in comparative, albeit splendid, isolation.ĭuring the winter of 1784-85, the Concerts de la Loge Olympique in Paris commissioned an even half-dozen symphonies from Haydn. He did have music publishers in several cities - notably the houses of Artaria in Vienna, Forster in London, Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig, and Imbault and Pleyel in Paris - whose sales helped to disseminate and familiarize his music. Haydn did not have a manager, a recording studio, radio broadcasts or digital media to stimulate the promotion of his works. His name is a household word today, but we must remember that in the late 18th century, music became known exclusively through live performance. By the early 1780s, Joseph Haydn was the most famous composer in Europe.
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