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21 because otherwise the main motif at the conclusion is usually reproduced by the horns. The further part of the program, the "Concertante Symphony", is an occasional work that should fall into the years l769-l790. It is written for oboe, bassoon, violin, violoncell and orchestra. The themes for the individual instruments are worked through to the smallest. 3. The "Abschieds-Symphonie", op.ll, the conclusion of the Waldsteinserenade, owes its name to a particular event that took place on Esterház. In the music building of the castle, the 16 members of the chapel and their families were initially accommodated. However, since the number of members had increased over the years, there was not enough space and there had been disagreement among women, in 1772 Prince Nikolaus Esterházy told the musicians that "in future he would not want to see their wives and children even for 24 hours in Esterhaz, and those who did not like this regulation should come forward to accept their dimission". Only Haydn as Kapellmeister, two Kammersänger and the 1st violinist named Tomasini, a favourite of the brushing, was excluded from the ban. However, the musicians were allowed to spend the time when the prince did not reside in Esterház with their relatives in Eisenstadt. But just this year the prince moved his stay over the autumn and the chapel begged "Papa Haydn" to help them on a vacation soon. HaydN wanted to interpret the request of his l6-member chapel through the music of the prince and this circumstance owes the farewell symphony to its emergence. Even the key in which the symphony is written, namely fis minor, is quite unusual for a symphony. The first movement gives Haydn's determined -6 -