Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 31 in D major was composed in 1765 for Haydn's patron Nikolaus Esterházy. It is nicknamed the "Hornsignal" symphony, because it gives a prominent role to an unusually large horn section, i.e. four players. Probably because of its prominent obbligato writing for the horns, in Paris, the publisher Sieber published this symphony as a "symphonie concertante" around 1785.
| Date of composition | 1765 |
| First published | 1786 in Paris, France |
| Type | Symphony |
| Tonality | D Major |
| Catalogue | Hob. I:31 |
| Approx. duration | 32 minutes |
| Instruments | Orchestra |
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Joseph Haydn: Symphonie n°31 en ré majeur, Hob. I:31 "Hornsignal" Franz Joseph Haydn: Sinfonia n. 31 in re maggiore, Hob. I:31 "Hornsignal" Joseph Haydn: Sinfonie Nr. 31 D-dur, Hob. I:31 "Hornsignal" |