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How many symphonies did Joseph Haydn compose?
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Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn, detail of a portrait by Thomas Hardy, 1791; in the collection of the Royal College of Music, London.
Joseph Haydn was an extremely prolific composer who wrote a total of 108 symphonies.1
It is important to note that this total includes two specific exceptions: one of these symphonies (number 106) is currently considered lost, and another (number 105) is technically classified as a symphonie concertante.1