The Perger-Verzeichnis ("Perger‘s Catalogue") is a thematic-chronological catalogue of instrumental compositions by Michael Haydn , compiled by Lothar Perger in 1907. Like Ludwig von Köchel's catalog of Mozart 's compositions (the Köchel-Verzeichnis ), Perger's catalog uses a single range of numbers, from 1 to 136, but like Hoboken's catalog of Joseph Haydn 's music, groups the pieces first into categories (symphonies, concertos, etc.) and then sorts them chronologically.
7-508: Perger's attempt at figuring out the chronology is, however, so full of mistakes (including the attribution to Haydn of music by others) that later musicologists, instead of trying to amend the catalog (as they have with Köchel's) have created new ones from scratch. The most credible is the one by Charles Sherman and T. Donley Thomas, a chronological catalog of 838 pieces in which each piece is assigned an MH number in that range according to their best guesses at chronology. Even so, Perger's catalog
14-541: A divertimento in G major that is sometimes called a symphony. Perger overlooked a violin concerto in G major, MH 52, while the horn concerto he placed in a miscellaneous category at the end. For the most part these are collections of minuets that can be played on their own. Because Haydn wrote a minuet to symphony No. 33 long after the rest of the symphony, Perger mixed this minuet up with the free-standing pieces. Though Perger called them nocturnes, some of these are more generally known as divertimenti. The list even includes
21-470: A string quartet and a quintet. Hieronymus Graf von Colloredo commissioned Haydn to write six duos for violin and viola. Haydn fell ill after completing the fourth, so he asked Mozart to write the other two (K. 423 and K. 424). The set of six was presented as all Haydn's, and Colloredo was unable to "detect in them Mozart's obvious workmanship." With these Perger lumped a sonata for two violins and organ. List of compositions by Michael Haydn This
28-629: Is a list of the musical compositions of Michael Haydn sorted by genre, and then chronologically when year of composition is indicated, otherwise alphabetically. The numbering in parentheses starting with the capital letter P refers to Perger catalogue . The MH numbers refer to the Sherman & Thomas catalog of 1993. All of Michael Haydn's symphonies have at least 2 oboes , 2 bassoons , 2 horns and strings (first and second violins , violas and basses , but no cellos ). Some symphonies add more instruments, such as trumpets and timpani in some of
35-569: Is still widely used by libraries, music publishing houses and some record companies. For a more complete listing of Michael Haydn's instrumental and vocal music, see list of compositions by Michael Haydn . The following list only includes those pieces with a Perger number, even when they're not by Haydn. See also Klafsky-Verzeichnis . Perger numbered the symphonies from 1 to 52, but he included suites from incidental music by Haydn compiled into symphonies by someone else, as well as three symphonies altogether written by others. However, Perger overlooked
42-403: The C major symphonies. They are usually either in three or four movements. Continuo is explicitly called for only in the earlier works, and the modern editions usually follow the old practice of putting the bassoons, basses and the left hand of the continuo on a single staff below the violas' staff. Many of Michael Haydn's symphonies were at first attributed to Joseph Haydn . Only one of them
49-469: Was first attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as his Symphony No. 37 (K. 444). With two exceptions, it is believed all of Haydn's concerti were written in Salzburg. The authenticity of the six string quartets MH 308–313 is under dispute. Hieronymus Graf von Colloredo commissioned Haydn to write six duos for violin and viola. Haydn fell ill after completing the fourth, so he asked Mozart to write
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