Franz Joseph Haydn :: Symphony No.60, C major (Il distratto)


 

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Haydn, Franz Joseph
1732-1809
(b Rohrau, Lower Austria, 31 March 1732; d Vienna, 31 May 1809). Austrian
Symphony No.60, C major (Il distratto) <1774>
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Stage music for a comedy, Der Zerstreute (The Absent-Minded; Il distratto), a German translation of J. F. Regnard's Le Distrait.
In the brief Finale, the violins begin with the G-strings tuned down to F; then, over the next 4 bars, they retune them to G.
I. Adagio - Allegro di molto
II. Andante
III. Menuet
IV. Presto
V. Adagio
VI. Finale: Prestissimo