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Early Music 2008 36(2):231-244; doi:10.1093/em/can004
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Early Music, Vol. XXXVI, No. 2 © The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

Pleyel's ‘London’ symphonies

Arthur Searle

Arthur Searle is a former Curator of Music Manuscripts in the British Library and has been Honorary Librarian of the Royal Philharmonic Society since 1983. arthursearle2{at}aol.com


  Abstract

Evidence of provenance and bibliographic features suggest that three autograph symphonies of Ignace Pleyel from the collection of the Royal Philharmonic Society in the British Library are the works he composed in London in 1792, when he was engaged by the Professional Concert as a rival to Haydn in the latter's appearances for Salomon. Details of their performance in the succeeding decade support the case. In the E symphony Pleyel anticipates features later used by Haydn in his symphony no.103.

Key Words: Ignace Pleyel • Haydn • London symphony • Professional Concert • Royal Philharmonic Society


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