Michael Haydn'sSymphony No. 20 in C major, Perger 12, Sherman 20, MH 252, written inSalzburg in 1777, is one of the few of his symphonies to have a slow movement in a minor key, and one of his fewC major symphonies to not includetrumpets ortimpani.

Scored for 2oboes, 2bassoons, 2horns andstrings, in four movements:

1. Allegro molto
2. Andante, inA minor
3. Menuetto e Trio, both inF major
4. Presto

An LP was released in 1983 onEMI by theBournemouth Sinfonietta conducted byHarold Farberman.^[1] This was reissued on Vox Box CDX 5020. There is also a recording by theFranz Liszt Chamber Orchestra ofBudapest, conducted by János Rolla, onTeldec 8.43188 (no longer available).

• A. Delarte, "A Quick Overview Of The Instrumental Music Of Michael Haydn"Bob's Poetry Magazine November 2006: 20PDF
• Charles H. Sherman and T. Donley Thomas,Johann Michael Haydn (1737 - 1806), a chronological thematic catalogue of his works. Stuyvesant, New York: Pendragon Press (1993)
• C. Sherman, "Johann Michael Haydn" inThe Symphony: Salzburg, Part 2 London: Garland Publishing (1982): lxviii

• Symphonies by Michael Haydn
• Compositions in C major
• 1777 compositions