Aaron Rabushka <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Probably the most farcical of all the Haydn symphonies is #60, "Il
>Distratto."

True!  When I first heard it I thought: "This is another candidate for
PDQ-Bach-lives".  For those who not yet have heard it: It starts with a
melody that is going on for some seconds, just to be interrupted by the
strings who are tuning their instruments.  The music starts again and is
after a while interrupted by a slavonic melody, which clearly not should
be supposed to be a part of the music if this had been a normal piece,
etc etc...

James Zehm <[log in to unmask]>