Paris Symphonies
Paris Symphonies ( Haydn). Set of 6 syms. by Joseph Haydn, Nos. 82–87 (Hob. I:82–7), comp. 1785–6 and commissioned by Comte d'Ogny, one of backers of a Masonic Parisian concert society, ‘Le Concert de la Loge Olympique’. F.ps., Paris 1787. The works are: No.82 in C, L'Ours (The Bear); No.83 in G minor, La Poule (The Hen); No.84 in E♭; No.85 in B♭, La Reine (The Queen); No.86 in D; No.87 in A. Haydn's next 5 syms., Nos. 88–92, were also written for Paris.
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