The Perger-Verzeichnis is a thematic-chronological catalogue of instrumental compositions by Michael Haydn

Michael Haydn

Johann Michael Haydn was an Austrian composer of the classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn.-Life:...

, compiled by Lothar Perger in 1907. Like Ludwig von Köchel's catalog of Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

's compositions (the Köchel-Verzeichnis

Köchel-Verzeichnis

The Köchel-Verzeichnis is a complete, chronological catalogue of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart which was originally created by Ludwig von Köchel. It is abbreviated K or KV. For example, Mozart's Requiem in D minor was, according to Köchel's counting, the 626th piece Mozart composed....

), 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.

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 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

Klafsky-Verzeichnis

The Klafsky-Verzeichnis is a thematic-chronological catalogue of choral compositions by Michael Haydn, compiled by Anton Maria Klafsky in 1915. See also Perger-Verzeichnis.-I. Messen:...

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Symphonies

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 a divertimento in G major that is sometimes called a symphony.

• Symphony No. 1D in E-flat major, MH 35, Perger 1 (1760)
• Symphony No. 2 in C major
  Symphony No. 2 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 2 in C major, Perger 2, Sherman 2, MH 37, was written in Oradea in 1761.Scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets and strings and continuo, in four movements:# Allegro# Andante, in F major# Menuetto e Trio# Presto...
  
  , MH 37, Perger 2 (1761)
• Symphony No. 5 in A major
  Symphony No. 5 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 5 in A major, Perger 3, Sherman 5, MH 63, written in Salzburg in 1763, is the third of twelve symphonies in the key to be mistaken for a symphony by Joseph Haydn Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 5 in A major, Perger 3, Sherman 5, MH 63, written in Salzburg in 1763, is the...
  
  , MH 63, Perger 3 (1763)
• Symphony No. 6 in C major
  Symphony No. 6 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 6 in C major, Perger 4, Sherman 6, Sherman-adjusted 8, MH 64, was written in Salzburg, completed in 1764. It is the 31st symphony in C major attributed to Joseph Haydn in Anthony van Hoboken's catalog....
  
  , MH 64, Perger 4 (1764)
• Symphony No. 7 in E major
  Symphony No. 7 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 7 in E major, Perger 5, Sherman 7, MH 65, written in Salzburg in 1764, is one of the few symphonies in E major written in the 18th Century, and was the first of four symphonies in the key to be mistaken for a symphony by Joseph Haydn Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 7 in E...
  
  , MH 65, Perger 5 (1764)
• Symphony No. 16 in A major
  Symphony No. 16 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 16 in A major, Perger 6, Sherman 16, Sherman-adjusted 17, MH 152, was written in Salzburg in 1771. This work was at one time attributed to Joseph Haydn, the ninth work in A major so attributed in Anthony van Hoboken's catalog....
  
  , MH 152, Perger 6 (1771)
• Symphony No. 12 in G major
  Symphony No. 12 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 12 in G major, Perger 7, Sherman 12, MH 108, written in Salzburg in 1768, was at one time mistaken for a symphony by Joseph Haydn Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 12 in G major, Perger 7, Sherman 12, MH 108, written in Salzburg in 1768, was at one time mistaken for a...
  
  , MH 108, Perger 7 (1768)
• Introduction to the cantata "Der gute Hirt", Perger 8 (1772)
• Symphony No. 11 in B-flat major
  Symphony No. 11 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 11 in B-flat major, Perger 9, Sherman 11, MH 82 and 184, was written in Salzburg in 1766. Hans Gál attributed this work to Joseph Haydn, but he was not the first to do so .Scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and strings...
  
  , MH 82, Perger 9 (1766)
• Symphony No. 18 in C major
  Symphony No. 18 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 18 in C major, Perger 10, Sherman 18, MH 188, written in Salzburg in 1773, is the fifth of the C major symphonies attributed to Joseph Haydn in Hoboken's catalog....
  
  , MH 188, Perger 10 (1773)
• Symphony No. 19 in D major
  Symphony No. 19 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 19 in D major, Perger 11, Sherman 19, MH 198, was written in Salzburg in 1774.Scored for flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and strings. In four movements:# Allegro# Andante, in D minor...
  
  , MH 198, Perger 11 (1774)
• Symphony No. 20 in C major
  Symphony No. 20 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 20 in C major, Perger 12, Sherman 20, MH 252, written in Salzburg in 1777, is one of the few of his symphonies to have a slow movement in a minor key, and one of his few C major symphonies to not include trumpets or timpani....
  
  , MH 252, Perger 12 (1777)
• Incidental music from Zaïre, MH 255, Perger 13 (1777)
• Symphony No. 22 in F major
  Symphony No. 22 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 22 in F major, Perger 14, Sherman 23, Sherman-adjusted 22, MH 284, was written in Salzburg in 1779.Scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings. In three movements:# Adagio - Presto# Andante, in B-flat major...
  
  , MH 284, Perger 14, Sherman 23
• Symphony No. 24 in A major
  Symphony No. 24 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 24 in A major, Perger 15, Sherman 24, MH 302, was written in Salzburg in 1781.Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, posthorn." and strings. In three movements:# Allegro con brio# Andante cantabile, in D major...
  
  , MH 302, Perger 15
• Symphony No. 25 in G major
  Symphony No. 25 (Michael Haydn)
  The Symphony No. 25 in G major, Perger 16, Sherman 25, MH 334 is a classical symphony that was composed by Michael Haydn in 1783, with a completion date of May 23. It is scored for flute , 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings....
  
  , MH 334, Perger 16, K. 444 (1783)
• Symphony No. 26 in E-flat major
  Symphony No. 26 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 26 in E-flat major, Perger 17, Sherman 26, MH 340, written in Salzburg in 1783, was the first in the set of the only three symphonies of Haydn's published in his lifetime. It was one of several E-flat major symphonies attributed to Joseph Haydn Michael Haydn's Symphony...
  
  , MH 340, Perger 17 (1783)
• Symphony No. 27 in B-flat major
  Symphony No. 27 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 27 in B-flat major, Opus 1 No. 1, Perger 18, Sherman 27, MH 358, written in Salzburg in 1784, is the first of the B-flat major symphonies attributed to Joseph Haydn in Hoboken's catalog....
  
  , Opus 1 No. 2, Perger 18, MH 358
• Symphony No. 28 in C major
  Symphony No. 28 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 28 in C major, Opus 1 No. 2, Perger 19, Sherman 28, MH 384, was written in Salzburg in 1784, was the third in the set of the only three symphonies of Haydn's published in his lifetime. The publisher, Artaria, also published several of Joseph Haydn's symphonies.Scored...
  
  , Opus 1 No. 3, Perger 19, MH 384
• Symphony No. 29 in D minor
  Symphony No. 29 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 29 in D minor, Opus 1 No. 3, Perger 20, Sherman 29, MH 393, written in Salzburg in 1784, is the only symphony he wrote in a minor key. It is the first of four D minor symphonies attributed to Joseph Haydn.- Movements :...
  
  , MH 393, Perger 20 (1784)
• Symphony No. 30 in D major
  Symphony No. 30 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 30 in D major, Perger 21, Sherman 30, MH 399, was written in Salzburg in 1785.Scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings. In three movements:# Adagio - Allegro spiritoso# Andante sostenuto, in G major# Vivace molto...
  
  , MH 399, Perger 21 (1785)
• Symphony No. 31 in F major
  Symphony No. 31 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 31 in F major, Perger 22, Sherman 31, MH 405, was written in Salzburg in 1785.Scored for 2 oboes, 2 English horns, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and strings...
  
  , MH 405, Perger 22 (1785)
• Symphony No. 32 in D major
  Symphony No. 32 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 32 in D major, Perger 23, Sherman 32, MH 420, was written in Salzburg in 1786.Scored for flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings. It is Haydn's only symphony in two movements; this it has in common with Carl Nielsen's Symphony No...
  
  , MH 420, Perger 23 (1786)
• Symphony No. 33 in B-flat major
  Symphony No. 33 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 33 in B-flat major, Perger 24, Sherman 33, MH 425/652, was mostly written in Salzburg in 1786. Eight years after he stopped writing symphonies, Haydn re-examined this work and decided to add a Minuet to it...
  
  , MH 425, Perger 24, without the Minuet (which is Perger 82) (1786)
• Sinfonia from Andromeda e Perseo, MH 438, Perger 25 (1787)
• Symphony No. 34 in E-flat
  Symphony No. 34 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 34 in E-flat major, Perger 26, Sherman 34, MH 473, written in Salzburg in 1788, is the last E-flat major symphony he wrote, the first of his final set of six symphonies....
  
   major, MH 473, Perger 26 (1788)
• Symphony No. 35 in G major
  Symphony No. 35 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 35 in G major, Perger 27, Sherman 35, MH 474, written in Salzburg in 1788, is the last G major symphony he wrote, the second of his final set of six symphonies.Scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings...
  
  , MH 474, Perger 27 (1788)
• Symphony No. 36 in B-flat major
  Symphony No. 36 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 36 in B-flat major, Perger 28, Sherman 36, MH 475, written in Salzburg in 1788, is the last B-flat major symphony he wrote, the third of his final set of six symphonies....
  
  , MH 475, Perger 28 (1788)
• Symphony No. 37 in D major
  Symphony No. 37 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 37 in D major, Perger 29, Sherman 37, MH 476, written in Salzburg in 1788, is the last D major symphony he wrote, the fourth of his final set of six symphonies....
  
  , MH 476, Perger 29 (1788)
• Symphony No. 38 in F major
  Symphony No. 38 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 38 in F major, Perger 30, Sherman 38, MH 477, written in Salzburg in 1788, is the next to last F major symphony he wrote, the fifth of his final set of six symphonies....
  
  , MH 477, Perger 30 (1788)
• Symphony No. 39 in C major
  Symphony No. 39 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 39 in C major, Perger 31, Sherman 39, MH 478, written in Salzburg in 1788, is the last C major symphony he wrote, the sixth of his final set of six symphonies....
  
  , MH 478, Perger 31 (1788)
• Symphony No. 40 in F major
  Symphony No. 40 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 40 in F major, Perger 32, Sherman 40, MH 507, written in Salzburg in 1789, was the last symphony in F major that he wrote.The symphony is scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and strings, and in three movements:...
  
  , MH 507, Perger 32 (1789)
• Symphony No. 41 in A major
  Symphony No. 41 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 41 in A major, Perger 33, Sherman 41, MH 508, written in Salzburg in 1789, is the last symphony he wrote .The symphony is scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and strings. It is in three movements:...
  
  , MH 508, Perger 33 (1789)
• Concerto for trumpet and trombone, MH 60/61, Perger 34 (1763)
• Symphony No. 1 in C major
  Symphony No. 1 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 1 in C major, Perger 35, Sherman 1, MH 23, is believed to have been written in Vienna around 1759. Thus it's not sure whether or not this is the first symphony Michael Haydn wrote....
  
  , MH 23, Perger 35 (1758?)
• Symphony No. 9 in D major
  Symphony No. 9 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 9 in D major, Perger 36, Sherman 9, MH 50, was written in Salzburg in 1766. It is the 21st D major symphony attributed to Joseph Haydn in Hoboken's catalog.Scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and strings...
  
  , MH 50, Perger 36 (1760?)
• Symphony No. 13 in D major
  Symphony No. 13 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 13 in D major, Perger 37, Sherman 13, MH 132, believed to have been written in Salzburg in 1768, was at one time mistaken for a symphony by Joseph Haydn Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 13 in D major, Perger 37, Sherman 13, MH 132, believed to have been written in Salzburg...
  
  , MH 132, Perger 37 (1768?)
• Symphony No. 8 in D major
  Symphony No. 8 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 8 in D major, Perger 38, Sherman 8, Sherman-adjusted 10, MH 64, is believed to have been written in Salzburg, some time after 1764.Scored for flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings, in four movements:...
  
  , MH 69, Perger 38 (1764)
• A symphony by someone else, Perger 39
• A symphony by someone else, Perger 40
• Symphony No. 15 in D major
  Symphony No. 15 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 15 in D major, Perger 41, Sherman 15, MH 150, is believed to have been written in Salzburg after 1771. This work was at one time attributed to Joseph Haydn, the first work in D major so attributed....
  
  , MH 150, Perger 41 (1771)
• Symphony No. 21 in D major
  Symphony No. 21 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 21 in D major, Perger 42, Sherman 21, MH 272, written in 1778, is believed to have been written in Salzburg.Scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings. In three movements:# Adagio - Allegro molto# Andante, in A major...
  
  , MH 272, Perger 42 (1778)
• Symphony No. 23 in D major
  Symphony No. 23 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 23 in D major, Perger 43, Sherman 22, Sherman-adjusted 23, MH 287, is believed to have been written in Salzburg around 1779. It was attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Ludwig von Köchel's original catalog as K. 291....
  
  , MH 287, Perger 43, Sherman 22
• Symphony No. 17 in E major
  Symphony No. 17 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 17 in E major, Perger 44, Sherman 17, MH 151, is believed to have been written in Salzburg after 1771. It is the third of four E major symphonies attributed to Joseph Haydn....
  
  , MH 151, Perger 44 (1771?)
• Symphony No. 10 in F major
  Symphony No. 10 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 10 in D major, Perger 45, Sherman 8, Sherman-adjusted 10, MH 69, is believed to have been written in Salzburg after 1774. It is the third of the D major symphonies attributed to Joseph Haydn in Hoboken's catalog....
  
  , MH 51, Perger 45 (1764?)
• Suite from Die Wahrheit der Natur, MH 118, Perger 46 (1769?), sometimes called a symphony in F major
• Suite from Rebekka als Braut, MH 76, Perger 47 (1766)
• A symphony by someone else, Perger 48
• A symphony by someone else, Perger 49
• A symphony by Georg Christoph Wagenseil
  Georg Christoph Wagenseil
  Georg Christoph Wagenseil was an Austrian composer.He was born in Vienna, and became a favorite pupil of the Vienna court'sKapellmeister, Johann Joseph Fux. Wagenseil himself composed for the...
  
  , Perger 50
• Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major
  Symphony No. 4 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Perger 51, Sherman 4, MH 62, was written in Salzburg, completed on December 7, 1763. Charles H. Sherman's modern edition of this work has been published by Musikverlag Doblinger and also appears in an anthology from Garland Publishing that includes...
  
  , MH 62, Perger 51 (1763)
• Symphony No. 14 in B flat major
  Symphony No. 14 (Michael Haydn)
  Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 14 in B-flat major, Perger 52, Sherman 14, MH 41, is believed to have been written in Salzburg in the late 1760s. For some reason Lothar Perger believed it to be the last symphony Michael Haydn ever wrote...
  
  , MH 133, Perger 52 (1771)

Concertos

Perger overlooked a violin concerto in G major, MH 52, while the horn concerto he placed in a miscellaneous category at the end.

• Violin Concerto in B-flat major, MH 36, Perger 53
• Flute Concerto No. 1 in D major, MH 81, Perger 54
• Concerto in C major for Organ and Viola, MH 41, Perger 55
• Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, MH 105, Perger 56
• Harpsichord Concerto in F major (fragment), MH 268, Perger 57

Marches

• March in D major Perger 58, MH 67
• March in F major Perger 59, MH 421
• March in D major Perger 60, MH 439
• March in C major Perger 61, MH 440
• March in D major Perger 62, MH 441
• March in D major Perger 63, MH 339
• March in D major Perger 64, MH 515
• Marcia Turchese in C major Perger 65, MH 601
• March in C major Perger 66, MH 823
• National-Marsch in C major Perger 67 (lost), MH 569
• March in D major Perger 68, MH 220

Minuets

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.

• 6 Menuetti Perger 69, MH 333
• 6 Menuetti Perger 70, MH 354
• 6 Menuetti Perger 71, MH 414
• 6 Menuettini Tedeschi Perger 72, MH 416
• 6 Menuetti Perger 73, MH 423
• 6 Menuettini Tedeschi Perger 74, MH 424
• 6 Menuetti Perger 75, MH 499
• 6 Menuettini Tedeschi Perger 76, MH 417
• 12 Menuetti Perger 77, MH 550
• 12 Menuetti Perger 78, MH 693
• 12 Menuetti Perger 79, MH 135
• 12 Menuetti Perger 80, MH 274
• 12 Menuetti Perger 81, MH 193
• Menuetto for symphony No. 33 in B flat major, MH 652, Perger 82

Serenades

• Serenade in D major Perger 85, MH 407
• A serenade by someone else, Perger 86
• Serenade in D major Perger 87, MH 86
• A serenade by someone else, Perger 88

Cassations

• Cassation in D major Perger 89, MH 171
• Cassation in E flat major Perger 90, MH 208

Divertimenti

• Divertimento in B flat major Perger 92, MH 199
• Divertimento in D major Perger 93, MH 319, includes a march in D major, MH 320
• Divertimento in G major Perger 94, MH 406
• Divertimento in D major Perger 95, MH 418
• Divertimento in G major Perger 96, MH 518

Nocturnes

Though Perger called them nocturnes, some of these are more generally known as divertimenti. The list even includes a string quartet and a quintet.

• Divertimento in C major Perger 97 (lost), MH A8
• Divertimento à 3 in C major Perger 98, MH 179
• Divertimento à 3 in C major Perger 99, MH 27
• Divertimento in D major Perger 100, MH 464
• Divertimento à 3 in D major Perger 101, MH 5
• Divertimento à 3 in E flat major Perger 102, MH 9
• Divertimento à 3 in G major Perger 103, MH 6
• String Quartet in G major Perger 104, MH 172
• String Quintet in B flat major Perger 105, MH 412
• Notturno in F major Perger 106, MH 185

Quintets

• String Quintet in C major Perger 108, MH 187
• String Quintet in G major Perger 109, MH 189
• String Quintet in F major Perger 110, MH 367
• String Quintet in E flat major, Perger 111, MH 516
• String Quintet in F major Perger 112, MH 411
• A quintet by someone else, Perger 113
• A quintet by someone else, Perger 114

Quartets

• Quartetto for violin, English horn, cello & continuo in C major Perger 115, MH 600
• String Quartet in C major Perger 116, MH 313
• Flute Quartet in D major, P 117, P 117
• String Quartet in E flat major Perger 118, MH 309
• String Quartet in F major Perger 119, MH 312
• Flute Quartet in F major, P deest, P deest
• Piece for string quartet in G major, MH 664
• String Quartet in G minor Perger 120, MH 311
• String Quartet in A major Perger 121, MH 299
• String Quartet in A major Perger 122, MH 310
• String Quartet in B flat major Perger 123, MH 209
• String Quartet in B flat major Perger 124, MH 308
• String Quartet in B flat major Perger 125, MH 316

Sonatas

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.

• Sonata for 2 violins & organ in B flat major Perger 126 (lost), MH Appendix 9
• Duo for violin and viola in C major Perger 127, MH 335
• Duo for violin and viola in D major Perger 128, MH 336
• Duo for violin and viola in E major Perger 129, MH 337
• Duo for violin and viola in F major Perger 130, MH 338

Miscellaneous and fragments

• Der Traum Perger 133, MH 84
• Horn Concerto in D major, Perger 134, MH 134
• String Quartet in G major Perger 135 (fragment), MH 174
• Andantino for string quartet in B flat major Perger 136, MH 175