- Symphony No. 43 (Haydn)
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The Symphony No. 43 in E-flat major, Hoboken I/43, is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. Since the nineteenth century it has been referred to by the subtitle "Mercury".[1] The symphony was composed by 1771. It is scored for two oboes, bassoon, two horns and strings.[2]
The work is in four movements:
H. C. Robbins Landon describes the slow movement "as a chamber symphony opens with muted strings". It is the only movement of any of Haydn's symphonies to be in the key of A flat major.
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