Symphony No. 63 (Haydn)

Symphony No. 63 (Haydn)

The Symphony No. 63 in C major (Hoboken I/63) is a symphony by Joseph Haydn. It is often known by the title of the second movement, "La Roxelane", named for Roxelana, the influential wife of Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire. This second movement was originally part of Haydn's incidental music for Charles Simon Favart's stage work "Soliman der zweite" (or "Les Trois Sultanes").HC Robins Landon, Haydn: Chronicle and Works, 5 vols, (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1976-) v. 2, Haydn at Eszterhaza, 1766-1790] Oxford Composer Companions: Haydn, ed. David Wyn Jones, Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-19-866216-5]

Date of composition and scoring

The symphony was composed by 1781. There are two versions of this symphony: the so-called "first version" is scored for flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings, while the "second version" has the same scoring but with only one bassoon and no trumpets or timpani.

Movements

The two versions are not only differently scored; the third and fourth movements of both versions are also totally different.

First Version
*I. Allegro
*II. "La Roxelane" Allegretto (o più tosto allegro)
*III. Menuetto & Trio:
*IV. Finale: Prestissimo

Second Version
*IV. Finale: Presto.

The first movement is derived from the overture to Haydn's opera Il mondo della luna.HC Robins Landon, Haydn: Chronicle and Works, 5 vols, (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1976-) v. 2, Haydn at Eszterhaza, 1766-1790]

The "La Roxelane" second movement is in double variation form.

Notes

See also

*List of symphonies by name


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