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The Toy Symphony (full title: Cassation in G major for toys, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings and continuo) is a musical work dating from the 1760s with parts for toy instruments, including toy trumpet, ratchet, bird calls (cuckoo, nightingale and quail), Mark tree, triangle, drum and glockenspiel.[1]

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  1. 55 relations: Adam Carse, August Conradi, Benedictines, Berchtesgaden, Bernhard Romberg, British Symphony Orchestra, C major, Carl Reinecke, Cassation (music), Christopher Brown (British composer), Cornelius Gurlitt (composer), Edric Cundell, Eileen Joyce, Emma Lomax, Felix Mendelssohn, Felix Weingartner, Fenella Fielding, Figured bass, G major, Gerard Hoffnung, Glockenspiel, Horn (instrument), Humphrey Burton, Ignaz Lachner, Incipit, James Blades, Joseph Cooper (broadcaster), Joseph Haydn, Joseph Horovitz, Leopold Mozart, Leslie Woodgate, Malcolm Arnold, Malcolm Williamson, Mark tree, Michael Haydn, Movement (music), Music & Letters, Nigel Kennedy, Oboe, Peggy Ashcroft, Ratchet (instrument), Richard Baker (broadcaster), Salzburg, Salzburg Museum, Savoy Hotel, Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II, Stephen Montague, Steuart Wilson, Steve Race, String section, ... Expand index (5 more) »

  2. Children's music
  3. Classical-period symphonies
  4. Compositions by Leopold Mozart
  5. Compositions with a spurious or doubtful attribution
  6. Joseph Haydn
  7. Toy instruments and noisemakers

Adam Carse

Adam Von Ahnen Carse (19 May 1878 – 2 November 1958) was an English composer, academic, music writer and editor, remembered today for his studies on the history of instruments and the orchestra, and for his educational music.

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August Conradi

August Conradi (27 June 1821 – 26 May 1873) was a German organist and composer.

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Benedictines

The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Berchtesgaden

Berchtesgaden is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, south of Salzburg and southeast of Munich.

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Bernhard Romberg

Bernhard Heinrich Romberg (November 13, 1767 – August 13, 1841) was a German cellist and composer.

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British Symphony Orchestra

The British Symphony Orchestra (BSO or BrSO) is the name of a number of symphony orchestras, active in both concert halls and recording studios, which have existed at various times in Britain since c1905 until the present day.

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C major

C major (or the key of C) is a major scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. C major is one of the most common keys used in music.

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Carl Reinecke

Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (23 June 182410 March 1910) was a German composer, conductor, and pianist in the mid-Romantic era.

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Cassation (music)

Cassation is a minor musical genre related to the serenade and divertimento.

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Christopher Brown (British composer)

Christopher Roland Brown (born 17 June 1943) is a British composer.

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Cornelius Gurlitt (composer)

Gustav Cornelius Gurlitt (10 February 1820 – 17 June 1901) was a German composer.

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Edric Cundell

Edric Cundell CBE, (29 January 1893 – 19 March 1961) was a British music teacher, composer and conductor.

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Eileen Joyce

Eileen Alannah Joyce CMG (died 25 March 1991) was an Australian pianist whose career spanned more than 30 years.

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Emma Lomax

Louise Emily (Emma) Lomax (22 June 1873 – 29 August 1963) was an English composer and pianist.

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Felix Mendelssohn

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period.

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Felix Weingartner

Paul Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg (2 June 1863 – 7 May 1942) was an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist.

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Fenella Fielding

Fenella Fielding, OBE (born Fenella Marion Feldman; 17 November 1927 – 11 September 2018) was an English stage, film and television actress who rose to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, and was often referred to as "England's first lady of the double entendre".

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Figured bass

Figured bass is musical notation in which numerals and symbols appear above or below (or next to) a bass note.

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G major

G major (or the key of G) is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and sharp. Toy Symphony and g major are compositions in G major.

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Gerard Hoffnung

Gerard Hoffnung (22 March 192528 September 1959) was an artist and musician, best known for his humorous works.

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Glockenspiel

The glockenspiel (or,: bells and: play) or bells is a percussion instrument consisting of pitched aluminum or steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout.

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Horn (instrument)

A horn is any of a family of musical instruments made of a tube, usually made of metal and often curved in various ways, with one narrow end into which the musician blows, and a wide end from which sound emerges.

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Humphrey Burton

Sir Humphrey McGuire Burton (born 25 March 1931) is an English classical music television presenter, broadcaster, director, producer, impresario, lecturer and biographer of musicians.

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Ignaz Lachner

Ignaz Lachner (11 September 1807 – 24 February 1895) was a German composer and conductor.

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Incipit

The incipit of a text is the first few words of the text, employed as an identifying label.

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James Blades

James Blades OBE (9 September 190119 May 1999) was an English percussionist.

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Joseph Cooper (broadcaster)

Joseph Elliott Needham Cooper, OBE (7 October 1912 – 4 August 2001) was a British pianist and broadcaster, best known as the chairman of the BBC's long-running television panel game Face the Music.

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Joseph Haydn

Franz Joseph Haydn (31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period.

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Joseph Horovitz

Joseph Horovitz (26 May 1926 – 9 February 2022) was an Austrian-born British composer and conductor best known for his 1970 pop cantata Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo, which achieved widespread popularity in schools.

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Leopold Mozart

Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a German composer, violinist, and music theorist.

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Leslie Woodgate

Hubert Leslie Woodgate (15 April 190018 May 1961) was an English choral conductor, composer, and writer of books on choral music.

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Malcolm Arnold

Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer.

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Malcolm Williamson

Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson, (21 November 19312 March 2003) was an Australian composer.

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Mark tree

A mark tree (also known as a nail tree, chime tree, or set of bar chimes) is a percussion instrument used primarily for musical colour.

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Michael Haydn

Johann Michael Haydn (14 September 173710 August 1806) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. Toy Symphony and Michael Haydn are Joseph Haydn.

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Movement (music)

A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form.

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Music & Letters

Music & Letters is an academic journal published quarterly by Oxford University Press with a focus on musicology.

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Nigel Kennedy

Nigel Kennedy (born 28 December 1956) is an English violinist and violist.

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Oboe

The oboe is a type of double-reed woodwind instrument.

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Peggy Ashcroft

Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft (22 December 1907 – 14 June 1991), known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft, was an English actress whose career spanned more than 60 years.

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Ratchet (instrument)

A ratchet or rattle, more specifically, cog rattle is a musical instrument of the percussion family and a warning/signaling device.

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Richard Baker (broadcaster)

Richard Douglas James Baker OBE RD (15 June 1925 – 17 November 2018) was an English broadcaster, best known as a newsreader for BBC News from 1954 to 1982, and as a radio presenter of classical music.

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Salzburg

Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria.

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Salzburg Museum

Housed in the (to which it moved in 2005), the Salzburg Museum is the museum of artistic and cultural history of the city and region of Salzburg, Austria.

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Savoy Hotel

The Savoy Hotel is a luxury hotel located in the Strand in the City of Westminster in central London, England.

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Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II

The Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked the 25th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952.

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Stephen Montague

Stephen Rowley Montague (born March 10, 1943, in Syracuse, New York) is an American composer, pianist and conductor who grew up in Idaho, New Mexico, West Virginia and Florida.

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Steuart Wilson

Sir James Steuart Wilson (21 July 1889 – 18 December 1966) was an English singer, known for tenor roles in oratorios and concerts in the first half of the 20th century.

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Steve Race

Stephen Russell Race OBE (1 April 192122 June 2009) was an English composer, pianist and radio and television presenter.

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String section

The string section is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family.

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Thomas Armstrong (musician)

Sir Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong (15 June 1898 – 26 June 1994) was an English organist, conductor, composer and educationalist.

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Tod Machover

Tod Machover (born November 24, 1953, in Mount Vernon, New York), is a composer and an innovator in the application of technology in music.

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Toy Symphony (Arnold)

The Toy Symphony, Op.

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Triangle (musical instrument)

The triangle is a musical instrument in the percussion family, classified as an idiophone in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system.

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Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin (22 April 191612 March 1999), was an American-born British violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in Britain.

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See also

Children's music

Classical-period symphonies

Compositions by Leopold Mozart

Compositions with a spurious or doubtful attribution

Joseph Haydn

Toy instruments and noisemakers

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Symphony

, Thomas Armstrong (musician), Tod Machover, Toy Symphony (Arnold), Triangle (musical instrument), Yehudi Menuhin.