 The hunting melody of the finale is a quotation from "La Chasse du cerf," a Divertissement for solo voices, chorus, and instrumental ensemble by the eighteenth century French composer Jean-Baptiste Morin.Morin himself drew upon the popular "Sourcillade" (or "Vue") penned by André Danican Philidor in the first decade of the 18th century.Haydn's theme was therefore widely recognisable as a hunting motif.