Symphony No. 4 (Haydn)

Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 4 in D major, Hoboken I/4, is believed to have been written between 1757 and 1761.

It is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, strings and continuo. As usual for the period, it is in three movements:

1. Presto, 6
   8
2. Andante in D minor, 2
   4
3. Tempo di menuetto, 3
   8

The second movement features a syncopated second violin part. The walking eighth-notes of the second violins are offset by half a step (a sixteenth note) from the first violins that play above it.

The finale is marked Tempo di menuetto, but is not in the 3
4 time of a minuet, but in the 3
8 time which is typical of Haydn's other early symphonic finales. Also, unlike other minuets, the movement lacks a central trio section.