 76 in E major (Hoboken 1/76) is a symphony by Joseph Haydn completed in 1782.In 1782, almost a decade before Haydn composed the first of his famous London symphonies, he composed a trio of symphonies – 76, 77 and 78 – for a trip to London which fell through.Haydn wrote the following to his Paris music publisher Boyer on 15 July 1783