Symphony No. 92 (Haydn)
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Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 92 in G major is nicknamed the "Oxford" Symphony. It is so called because Haydn conducted it at a ceremony in 1791 in which he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Oxford University.
The name is something of a misnomer, because the symphony was actually written earlier for performance in Paris. Haydn was awarded his degree fairly soon after his first arrival in England, and as he had not yet finished composing any of the twelve symphonies he ultimately wrote for England, he brought to the ceremony the most recent of his completed symphonies.