Scored for 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings. Since the trumpets double the horns at the same pitch for most of the piece, Antony Hodgson has suggested the trumpets may be omitted. The edition by Helmut Schultz published by Universal Edition under the editorship of H. C. Robbins Landon specifies horns in C-alto with trumpets in parentheses. It is in four movements:
| Date of composition | 1774 (1773-1774) |
| Type | Symphony |
| Tonality | C Major |
| Catalogue | Hob. I:50 |
| Approx. duration | 18 minutes |
| Instruments | Orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
Joseph Haydn: Symphonie n°50 en do majeur, Hob. I:50 Franz Joseph Haydn: Sinfonia n. 50 in do maggiore, Hob. I:50 Joseph Haydn: Sinfonie Nr. 50 C-dur, Hob. I:50 |