Haydn composed three symphonies (numbers 90, 91, and 92) in 1788 as a follow up commission from the Concert de la Loge Olympique after the massive success of the first six Paris symphonies (numbers 82-87) composed for the ensemble just a few years earlier.
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Haydn's Symphony 90 is in the celebratory key of C Major and makes full use of the two trumpets added to the standard instrumentation. With the traditional four movement template, Haydn takes liberties within the established compositional rules. The finale contains one of Haydn's best musical pranks, a false ending followed by silence before quietly going into the coda.
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