Piano solo SKU: HH.HH490-SOL
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by Sarah Jenner. Arranged by C.D. Stegmann. Playing score. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH490-SOL. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH490-SOL). ISBN 9781910359815.
Haydn’s Symphony No. 85, ‘La Reine de France’, belongs to the set of six ‘Paris’ Symphonies, Nos. 82–7, composed in 1785–6 to a commission by the directors of the Concert de la Loge Olympique at the instigation of the Comte d’Ogny and were first performed by that society during the 1787 season. The soubriquet ‘La Reine’ was attached to the work soon after its first performance (and was included in the first edition of printed parts) reflecting its status as a favourite work of Marie Antoinette.
