It is one of a number of minor-key symphonies that Haydn composed in the late 1760s and early 1770s, the others being Symphonies Nos. 39, 44, 45, and 49. The symphony was described by H. C. Robbins Landon as "the grandfather of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, also created with mathematical precision and in extreme conciseness." It may also have served as a model for Mozart's Piano Sonata K. 457.[citation needed]
| Date of composition | 1772 (1771-1772) in Eisenstadt, Austria |
| Type | Symphony |
| Tonality | C Minor |
| Catalogue | Hob. I:52 |
| Approx. duration | 23 minutes |
| Instruments | Orchestra |
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Joseph Haydn: Symphonie n°52 en do mineur, Hob. I:52 Franz Joseph Haydn: Sinfonia n. 52 in do minore, Hob. I:52 Joseph Haydn: Sinfonie Nr. 52 c-moll, Hob. I:52 |