The Oboe Concerto in C major, Hoboken number (VIIg:C1), commonly attributed to

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

, was most likely composed around 1790. However, modern musicologists agree that Haydn did not write the concerto.

Structure

The work is composed of three movements: # Allegro spirituoso # Andante # Rondo: Allegretto Full performances last about 22 minutes. Charles-David Lehrer believed that the first movement of the concerto was similar to the oboe concertos of Johann Christian Fischer,

Johann Christian Bach Johann Christian Bach (5 September 1735 – 1 January 1782) was a German composer of the Classical era, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He received his early musical training from his father, and later from his half-brother, Carl ...

, and

Carl Stamitz Carl Philipp Stamitz (; baptized 8 May 17459 November 1801) was a German composer of partial Czech ancestry. He was the most prominent representative of the second generation of the Mannheim School. He was the eldest son of Johann Stamitz, a vio ...

, also arguing that it was similar in structure to the

Johann Stamitz Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (Czech: Jan Václav Antonín Stamic; 18 June 1717 – 27 March 1757) was a Bohemian composer and violinist. His two surviving sons, Carl and Anton Stamitz, were composers of the Mannheim school, of which Johann ...

and

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German composer and musician of the Baroque and Classical period. He was the fifth ch ...

, even though the Haydn concerto had a contrasting B theme.

Authorship

Though commonly attributed to Haydn, the authorship of the concerto has come into dispute. In the 1950s, Anthony van Hoboken included the concerto in his catalogue of Haydn's work. However, when Haydn's worklist was discovered in 2008, the concerto was not included. The '' MGG'' and the Haynes Catalog of oboe music list the concerto as being the work of Ignaz Malzat.

References

External links

* {{Portalbar, Classical Music Concertos by Joseph Haydn

Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

Compositions in C major Haydn: spurious and doubtful works 1790 compositions