Joseph Haydn's Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, Hob. VIId:3 was completed in 1762, "when Haydn was new to the Esterhazy court." The work is in three movements:
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Allegro
Because of the low range writing in the Adagio, some musicologists believe the concerto was written for Thaddaus Steinmuller. Other musicologists believe it was a present for the baptism ceremony of one of the children of Joseph Leutgeb (for whom Mozart wrote his horn concertos).
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