Adam Fischer
Movements:
- Vivace
- Un poco adagio più tosto andante
- Minuet & Trio
- Finale: Presto
Nickname:
“Laudon” is for the Austrian war hero, General Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon. Haydn agreed to make the keyboard arrangement, but insisted on omitting the final movement as inappropriate for keyboard performance.
The title was purely economically motivated.
Instruments:
- two oboes
- two bassoons
- two horns in C basso
- two trumpets
- timpani
- strings