Joseph Haydn was a prolific composer of the classical period. He is regarded as the "father of the symphony" and the "father of the string quartet" for his more than 100 symphonies and almost 70 string quartets. Haydn also produced numerous operas, masses, concertos, piano sonatas and other compositions. Haydn's works were catalogued by Anthony van Hoboken in his Hoboken catalogue. Unlike most other catalogues which sort works chronologically, the Hoboken catalogue sorts by musical genre.
Symphonies
Title Key Date Instrumentation Notes I:1 Symphony No. 1 "Lukawitz" (Lukavická) D major 1759 Orchestra Dolní Lukavice symphony I:2 Symphony No. 2 C major 1764 Orchestra Dolní Lukavice symphony I:3Symphony No. 3 G major 1762 Orchestra Dolní Lukavice symphony I:4Symphony No. 4 D major 1762 Orchestra Dolní Lukavice symphony I:5Symphony No. 5 A major 1762 Orchestra Dolní Lukavice symphony I:6Symphony No. 6 "Le matin" D major 1761 Orchestra I:7Symphony No. 7 "Le midi" C major 1761 Orchestra I:8Symphony No. 8 "Le soir" G major 1761 Orchestra I:9Symphony No. 9 C major 1762 Orchestra I:10Symphony No. 10 D major 1760 Orchestra I:11Symphony No. 11 E major 1761 Orchestra I:12Symphony No. 12 E major 1763 Orchestra I:13Symphony No. 13 D major 1763 Orchestra I:14Symphony No. 14 A major 1764 Orchestra I:15Symphony No. 15 D major 1764 Orchestra I:16Symphony No. 16 B major 1763 Orchestra I:17Symphony No. 17 F major 176061 Orchestra I:18Symphony No. 18 G major 175759 Orchestra I:19Symphony No. 19 D major 175960 Orchestra I:20Symphony No. 20 C major 175763 Orchestra I:21Symphony No. 21 A major 1764 Orchestra I:22Symphony No. 22 "The Philosopher" E major 1764, 1773 Orchestra I:23Symphony No. 23 G major 1764 Orchestra I:24Symphony No. 24 D major 1764 Orchestra I:25Symphony No. 25 C major 176064 Orchestra I:26Symphony No. 26 "Lamentatione" D minor 1768 Orchestra I:27Symphony No. 27 G major 175760 Orchestra I:28Symphony No. 28 A major 1765 Orchestra I:29Symphony No. 29 E major 1765 Orchestra I:30Symphony No. 30 "Alleluia" C major 1765 Orchestra I:31Symphony No. 31 "Hornsignal" D major 1765 Orchestra I:32Symphony No. 32 C major 175763 Orchestra I:33Symphony No. 33 C major 176162 Orchestra I:34Symphony No. 34 D minor 1763 Orchestra I:35Symphony No. 35 B major 1767 Orchestra I:36Symphony No. 36 E major 176162 Orchestra I:37Symphony No. 37 C major 175758 Orchestra I:38Symphony No. 38 "The Echo" C major 1767 Orchestra I:39Symphony No. 39 G minor 176568 Orchestra I:40Symphony No. 40 F major 1763 Orchestra I:41Symphony No. 41 C major 1768 Orchestra I:42Symphony No. 42 D major 1771 Orchestra I:43Symphony No. 43 "Mercury" E major 177071 Orchestra I:44Symphony No. 44 "Trauer" E minor 1772 Orchestra I:45Symphony No. 45 "Farewell" F minor 1772 Orchestra I:46Symphony No. 46 B major 1772 Orchestra I:47Symphony No. 47 "Palindrome" G major 1772 Orchestra I:48Symphony No. 48 "Maria Theresia" C major 176869 Orchestra I:49Symphony No. 49 "La Passione" F minor 1768 Orchestra I:50Symphony No. 50 C major 177374 Orchestra I:51Symphony No. 51 B major 1773 Orchestra I:52Symphony No. 52 C minor 177172 Orchestra I:53Symphony No. 53 "L'impériale" D major 177779 Orchestra I:54Symphony No. 54 G major 1774 Orchestra I:55Symphony No. 55 "Schoolmaster" E major 1774 Orchestra I:56Symphony No. 56 C major 1774 Orchestra I:57Symphony No. 57 D major 1774 Orchestra I:58Symphony No. 58 F major 1767 Orchestra I:59Symphony No. 59 "Fire" A major 1768 Orchestra I:60Symphony No. 60 "Il distratto" C major 1774 Orchestra I:61Symphony No. 61 D major 1776 Orchestra I:62Symphony No. 62 D major 1780 Orchestra I:63Symphony No. 63 "La Roxelane" C major 1777, 1779 Orchestra I:64Symphony No. 64 "Tempora mutantur" A major 177375 Orchestra I:65Symphony No. 65 A major 1769 Orchestra I:66Symphony No. 66 B major 177476 Orchestra I:67Symphony No. 67 F major 177479 Orchestra I:68Symphony No. 68 B major 177476 Orchestra I:69Symphony No. 69 Laudon C major 177576 Orchestra I:70Symphony No. 70 D major 177879 Orchestra I:71Symphony No. 71 B major 177980 Orchestra I:72Symphony No. 72 D major 176365 Orchestra I:73Symphony No. 73 "La Chasse" D major 178182 Orchestra I:74Symphony No. 74 E major 178081 Orchestra I:75Symphony No. 75 D major 1779 Orchestra I:76Symphony No. 76 E major 178182 Orchestra I:77Symphony No. 77 B major 1782 Orchestra I:78Symphony No. 78 C minor 1782 Orchestra I:79Symphony No. 79 F major 1784 Orchestra I:80Symphony No. 80 D minor 1784 Orchestra I:81Symphony No. 81 G major 1784 Orchestra I:82Symphony No. 82 "L'Ours" C major 1786 Orchestra Paris symphony I:83Symphony No. 83 "La Poule" G minor 1785 Orchestra Paris symphony I:84Symphony No. 84 E major 1786 Orchestra Paris symphony I:85Symphony No. 85 "La Reine" B major 178586 Orchestra Paris symphony I:86Symphony No. 86 D major 1786 Orchestra Paris symphony I:87Symphony No. 87 A major 1785 Orchestra Paris symphony I:88Symphony No. 88 G major 1787 Orchestra I:89Symphony No. 89 F major 1787 Orchestra I:90Symphony No. 90 C major 1788 Orchestra I:91Symphony No. 91 E major 1788 Orchestra I:92Symphony No. 92 "Oxford" G major 1789 Orchestra I:93Symphony No. 93 D major 1791 Orchestra London symphony I:94Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" G major 1791 Orchestra London symphony I:95Symphony No. 95 C minor 1791 Orchestra London symphony I:96Symphony No. 96 "The Miracle" D major 1791 Orchestra London symphony I:97Symphony No. 97 C major 1792 Orchestra London symphony I:98Symphony No. 98 B major 1792 Orchestra London symphony I:99Symphony No. 99 E major 179394 Orchestra London symphony I:100Symphony No. 100 "Military" G major 179394 Orchestra London symphony I:101Symphony No. 101 "The Clock" D major 1794 Orchestra London symphony I:102Symphony No. 102 B major 1794 Orchestra London symphony I:103Symphony No. 103 "Drum-roll" E major 1795 Orchestra London symphony I:104Symphony No. 104 "London" D major 1795 Orchestra London symphony I:105Sinfonia concertante B major 1792 Orchestra I:106 D major Orchestra Only first movement (Allegro) is extant; sometimes used as the overture to Le pescatrici I:107Symphony A B major 1756 Orchestra Arranged as string quartet op. 1, no. 5 Hob. III/5 I:108Symphony B B major 1762 Orchestra I:C8 C major Orchestra Most likely by Johann Baptist Wanhal I:G1 G major Orchestra Actually by Adalbert Gyrowetz
Overtures Title Key Date Instrumentation Notes Ia:1 L'infedeltà delusa C major 176973 Orchestra Ia:2 Il ritorno di Tobia C major 1774 Orchestra Ia:3 L'anima del filosofo C major 1791 Orchestra Ia:4 Overture D major 177685 Orchestra Ia:5 Acide e Galatea D major 1762 Orchestra Ia:6 L'incontro improvviso D major 177475 Orchestra Ia:7 Overture D major 1777 Orchestra Alternate finale to Symphony No. 53 Ia:7bis Overture D major 1777 Orchestra Malapropism of Hob. Ia:7 Ia:8 Philemon und Baucis D major 1773 Orchestra Ia:9 King Lear E major Orchestra Composed by WG Stegmann Ia:10 Lo speziale G major 1768 Orchestra Ia:11 Overture G major 1780 Orchestra Prelude to the entrance choir of the first act of La fedeltà premiata Ia:12 Overture G minor 1777 Orchestra Arrangement of pieces from Il mondo della luna. Uncertain Ia:13 L'isola disabitata G minor 1779 Orchestra Ia:14 Armida B major 1783 Orchestra Ia:15 La vera costanza B major 1777 Orchestra Ia:16 Orlando paladino B major 1782 Orchestra Ia:17 La fedeltà premiata Orchestra
Divertimentos in four and more parts Title Key Date Instrumentation Notes II:1CassationG major1766small orchestra II:2CassationG major1754strings II:3FeldparthieG major17602 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns II:4F major2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 hornslost II:5F major1767682 clarinets, bassoon, 2 hornslost; arrangement of H. X/10 II:6String Quartet No. 5E major17652 violins, viola, celloOp. 1/0 II:7FeldparthieC major17652 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns II:8CassationD major17672 flutes, 2 horns, 2 violins, 2 violas, bass II:9CassationG major17642 oboes, 2 horns, 2 violins, 2 violas, bass II:10"Der verliebte Schulmeister"D major1766orchestralost II:11"Mann und Weib / Der Geburtstag"C major1765 or beforeflute, oboe, 2 violins, cello, bass II:12FeldparthieB majorsmall orchestralost II:13D majorsmall orchestralost II:14C major17612 clarinets, 2 horns II:15FeldparthieF major17672 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns II:16FeldparthieC major1766small orchestra II:17CassationC major1766small orchestra II:18D majororchestralost II:19G majororchestralost II:20CassationF major1763small orchestra II:20aFeldparthieA majorsmall orchestralost II:21"Eine Abendmusik"E major17632 horns, strings II:22CassationD major17652 horns, strings II:23FeldparthieF major1765 or before2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns II:24E major1775flute, 2 cor anglais, bassoon, 2 horns II:24aG major17752 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns, stringslost; arrangement of H. V/15 II:24bA major17752 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns, stringslost; arrangement of H. V/7 II:25Notturno No. 1C major178890, 1792small orchestra II:26Notturno No. 2F major178890, 1792small orchestra II:27Notturno No. 3G major178890, 1792small orchestra II:28Notturno No. 4F major178890, 1792small orchestra II:29Notturna No. 5C major178890, 1792small orchestra II:30Notturno No. 6G major178890, 1792small orchestra II:31Notturno No. 7C major178890, 1792small orchestra II:32Notturno No. 8C major178890, 1792small orchestra II:33Scherzando No. 1F major1765 or beforeorchestra II:34Scherzando No. 2C major1765 or beforeorchestra II:35Scherzando No. 3D major1765 or beforeorchestra II:36Scherzando No. 4G major1765 or beforeorchestra II:37Scherzando No. 5E major1765 or beforeorchestra II:38Scherzando No. 6A major1765 or beforeorchestra II:39"Echo"E major 17614 violins, 2 cellosuncertain II:40SextetE major1781Oboe, Bassoon, Horn, Violin, Viola, Bassuncertain II:41Feldparthie No. 1B major1782 or before2 oboes, 2 clarinets*, 2 bassoons, 2 hornsuncertain; 2 clarinets added by Pohl II:42Feldparthie No. 2B major1782 or before2 oboes, 2 clarinets*, 2 bassoons, 2 hornsuncertain; 2 clarinets added by Pohl II:43Feldparthie No. 3B major1782 or before2 oboes, 2 clarinets*, 2 bassoons, 2 hornsuncertain; 2 clarinets added by Pohl II:44Feldparthie No. 4B major1782 or before2 Oboes, 3 Bassoons, Contrabassoon, 2 Hornsuncertain II:45Feldparthie No. 5B major1782 or before2 Oboes, 3 Bassoons, Contrabassoon, 2 Hornsuncertain II:46Feldparthie No. 6 "St. Antonius"B major1782 or before2 Oboes, 3 Bassoons, Contrabassoon, 2 Hornsuncertain; possibly by Ignaz Pleyel; the second movement "Chorale St. Antoni" was used by Johannes Brahms for his "Variations" II:47"Toy Symphony"C major2 Violins, Bass, 7 Toys and Percussionspurious; actually "Berchtesgadener Symphonie" composed by II:D9Flute QuartetD majorFlute, Violin, Viola, Cellodoubtful II:D10Flute QuartetD majorFlute, Violin, Viola, Cellodoubtful II:D11Flute QuartetD majorFlute, Violin, Viola, Cellodoubtful II:D18D major2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 hornsdoubtful II:F7Partita for windsF major2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoonsspurious; actually composed by Paul Wranitzky II:G1G major 1759602 oboes, 2 horns, stringsdoubtful II:G4Flute QuartetG majorFlute, Violin, Viola, Cellodoubtful II:deestD major2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns II:deestG major2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns
String quartets
Unlike the majority of Haydn's compositions which are known by their Hoboken numbers, his string quartets are best known by their opus number.