The Perger-Verzeichnis ("Perger Catalogue") is a thematic-chronological catalogue of instrumental compositions by Michael Haydn, compiled by Lothar Perger in 1907. Like Ludwig von Köchel's catalog of Mozart's compositions (the Köchel-Verzeichnis), Perger's catalog uses a single range of numbers, from 1 to 136, but like Hoboken's catalog of Joseph Haydn's music, groups the pieces first into categories (symphonies, concertos, etc.) and then sorts them chronologically.
Perger's attempt at figuring out the chronology is, however, so full of mistakes (including the attribution to Haydn of music by others) that later musicologists, instead of trying to amend the catalog (as they have with Köchel's) have created new ones from scratch. The most credible is the one by Charles Sherman and T. Donley Thomas, a chronological catalog of 838 pieces in which each piece is assigned an MH number in that range according to their best guesses at chronology.
Even so, Perger's catalog is still widely used by libraries, music publishing houses and some record companies.
For a more complete listing of Michael Haydn's instrumental and vocal music, see list of compositions by Michael Haydn. The following list only includes those pieces with a Perger number, even when they're not by Haydn. See also Klafsky-Verzeichnis.
Perger numbered the symphonies from 1 to 52, but he included suites from incidental music by Haydn compiled into symphonies by someone else, as well as three symphonies altogether written by others. However, Perger overlooked a divertimento in G major that is sometimes called a symphony.
Symphony No. 1D in E-flat major, MH 35, Perger 1 (1760)Symphony No. 2 in C major, MH 37, Perger 2 (1761)Symphony No. 5 in A major, MH 63, Perger 3 (1763)Symphony No. 6 in C major, MH 64, Perger 4 (1764)Symphony No. 7 in E major, MH 65, Perger 5 (1764)Symphony No. 16 in A major, MH 152, Perger 6 (1771)Symphony No. 12 in G major, MH 108, Perger 7 (1768)Introduction to the cantata "Der gute Hirt", Perger 8 (1772)Symphony No. 11 in B-flat major, MH 82, Perger 9 (1766)Symphony No. 18 in C major, MH 188, Perger 10 (1773)Symphony No. 19 in D major, MH 198, Perger 11 (1774)Symphony No. 20 in C major, MH 252, Perger 12 (1777)Incidental music from Zaïre, MH 255, Perger 13 (1777)Symphony No. 22 in F major, MH 284, Perger 14, Sherman 23Symphony No. 24 in A major, MH 302, Perger 15Symphony No. 25 in G major, MH 334, Perger 16, K. 444 (1783)Symphony No. 26 in E-flat major, MH 340, Perger 17 (1783)Symphony No. 27 in B-flat major, Opus 1 No. 2, Perger 18, MH 358Symphony No. 28 in C major, Opus 1 No. 3, Perger 19, MH 384Symphony No. 29 in D minor, MH 393, Perger 20 (1784)Symphony No. 30 in D major, MH 399, Perger 21 (1785)Symphony No. 31 in F major, MH 405, Perger 22 (1785)Symphony No. 32 in D major, MH 420, Perger 23 (1786)Symphony No. 33 in B-flat major, MH 425, Perger 24, without the Minuet (which is Perger 82) (1786)Sinfonia from Andromeda e Perseo, MH 438, Perger 25 (1787)Symphony No. 34 in E-flat major, MH 473, Perger 26 (1788)Symphony No. 35 in G major, MH 474, Perger 27 (1788)Symphony No. 36 in B-flat major, MH 475, Perger 28 (1788)Symphony No. 37 in D major, MH 476, Perger 29 (1788)Symphony No. 38 in F major, MH 477, Perger 30 (1788)Symphony No. 39 in C major, MH 478, Perger 31 (1788)Symphony No. 40 in F major, MH 507, Perger 32 (1789)Symphony No. 41 in A major, MH 508, Perger 33 (1789)Concerto for trumpet and trombone, MH 60/61, Perger 34 (1763)Symphony No. 1 in C major, MH 23, Perger 35 (1758?)Symphony No. 9 in D major, MH 50, Perger 36 (1760?)Symphony No. 13 in D major, MH 132, Perger 37 (1768?)Symphony No. 8 in D major, MH 69, Perger 38 (1764)A symphony by someone else, Perger 39A symphony by someone else, Perger 40Symphony No. 15 in D major, MH 150, Perger 41 (1771)Symphony No. 21 in D major, MH 272, Perger 42 (1778)Symphony No. 23 in D major, MH 287, Perger 43, Sherman 22Symphony No. 17 in E major, MH 151, Perger 44 (1771?)Symphony No. 10 in F major, MH 51, Perger 45 (1764?)Suite from Die Wahrheit der Natur, MH 118, Perger 46 (1769?), sometimes called a symphony in F majorSuite from Rebekka als Braut, MH 76, Perger 47 (1766)A symphony by someone else, Perger 48A symphony by someone else, Perger 49A symphony by Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Perger 50Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, MH 62, Perger 51 (1763)Symphony No. 14 in B flat major, MH 133, Perger 52 (1771)Perger overlooked a violin concerto in G major, MH 52, while the horn concerto he placed in a miscellaneous category at the end.
Violin Concerto in B-flat major, MH 36, Perger 53Flute Concerto No. 1 in D major, MH 81, Perger 54Concerto in C major for Organ and Viola, MH 41, Perger 55Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, MH 105, Perger 56Harpsichord Concerto in F major (fragment), MH 268, Perger 57March in D major, Perger 58, MH 67March in F major, Perger 59, MH 421March in D major, Perger 60, MH 439March in C major, Perger 61, MH 440March in D major, Perger 62, MH 441March in D major, Perger 63, MH 339March in D major, Perger 64, MH 515Marcia Turchese in C major, Perger 65, MH 601March in C major, Perger 66, MH 823National-Marsch in C major, Perger 67 (lost), MH 569March in D major, Perger 68, MH 220For the most part these are collections of minuets that can be played on their own. Because Haydn wrote a minuet to symphony No. 33 long after the rest of the symphony, Perger mixed this minuet up with the free-standing pieces.
6 Menuetti, Perger 69, MH 3336 Menuetti, Perger 70, MH 3546 Menuetti, Perger 71, MH 4146 Menuettini Tedeschi, Perger 72, MH 4166 Menuetti, Perger 73, MH 4236 Menuettini Tedeschi, Perger 74, MH 4246 Menuetti, Perger 75, MH 4996 Menuettini Tedeschi, Perger 76, MH 41712 Menuetti, Perger 77, MH 55012 Menuetti, Perger 78, MH 69312 Menuetti, Perger 79, MH 13512 Menuetti, Perger 80, MH 27412 Menuetti, Perger 81, MH 193Menuetto for symphony No. 33 in B flat major, MH 652, Perger 822 Inglese in C major, Perger 83, MH 529Ballet-Pantomime "Herman", Perger 84Serenade in D major, Perger 85, MH 407A serenade by someone else, Perger 86Serenade in D major, Perger 87, MH 86A serenade by someone else, Perger 88Cassation in D major, Perger 89, MH 171Cassation in E flat major, Perger 90, MH 208Pastorello in C major, Perger 91, MH 83Divertimento in B flat major, Perger 92, MH 199Divertimento in D major, Perger 93, MH 319, includes a march in D major, MH 320Divertimento in G major, Perger 94, MH 406Divertimento in D major, Perger 95, MH 418Divertimento in G major, Perger 96, MH 518Though Perger called them nocturnes, some of these are more generally known as divertimenti. The list even includes a string quartet and a quintet.
Divertimento in C major, Perger 97 (lost), MH A8Divertimento à 3 in C major, Perger 98, MH 179Divertimento à 3 in C major, Perger 99, MH 27Divertimento in D major, Perger 100, MH 464Divertimento à 3 in D major, Perger 101, MH 5Divertimento à 3 in E flat major, Perger 102, MH 9Divertimento à 3 in G major, Perger 103, MH 6String Quartet in G major, Perger 104, MH 172String Quintet in B flat major, Perger 105, MH 412Notturno in F major, Perger 106, MH 185Partita in F major, Perger 107 (lost), MH 59String Quintet in C major, Perger 108, MH 187String Quintet in G major, Perger 109, MH 189String Quintet in F major, Perger 110, MH 367String Quintet in E flat major, Perger 111, MH 516String Quintet in F major, Perger 112, MH 411A quintet by someone else, Perger 113A quintet by someone else, Perger 114Quartetto for violin, English horn, cello & continuo in C major, Perger 115, MH 600String Quartet in C major, Perger 116, MH 313Flute Quartet in D major, P 117, P 117String Quartet in E flat major, Perger 118, MH 309String Quartet in F major, Perger 119, MH 312Flute Quartet in F major, P deest, P deestPiece for string quartet in G major, MH 664String Quartet in G minor, Perger 120, MH 311String Quartet in A major, Perger 121, MH 299String Quartet in A major, Perger 122, MH 310String Quartet in B flat major, Perger 123, MH 209String Quartet in B flat major, Perger 124, MH 308String Quartet in B flat major, Perger 125, MH 316Hieronymus Graf von Colloredo commissioned Haydn to write six duos for violin and viola. Haydn fell ill after completing the fourth, so he asked Mozart to write the other two (K. 423 and K. 424). The set of six was presented as all Haydn's, and Colloredo was unable to "detect in them Mozart's obvious workmanship." With these Perger lumped a sonata for two violins and organ.
Sonata for 2 violins & organ in B flat major, Perger 126 (lost), MH Appendix 9Duo for violin and viola in C major, Perger 127, MH 335Duo for violin and viola in D major, Perger 128, MH 336Duo for violin and viola in E major, Perger 129, MH 337Duo for violin and viola in F major, Perger 130, MH 338Cadenze e versetti, Perger 131, MH 176Miscellaneous and fragments
Der Traum, Perger 133, MH 84Horn Concerto in D major, Perger 134, MH 134String Quartet in G major, Perger 135 (fragment), MH 174Andantino for string quartet in B flat major, Perger 136, MH 175