Symphony No. 98 (Haydn) of material from two works by Mozart, the Coronation Mass and Symphony No. 41 ("Jupiter"), and it was possibly intended by Haydn as a tribute to his friend and fellow-composer, who died in December 1791: Haydn was composing the symphony when he heard, and was greatly distressed by, the news of his friend's death. The movement's principal theme, introduced by the strings and marked "cantabile", is an almost exact quotation from "Agnus Dei" from Mozart's "Coronation Mass"; a resemblance to "God Save the King" has also been noted. The second theme is in the dominant (C major). The exposition is
Symphony No. 60 (Haydn) Symphony No. 60 (Haydn) The Symphony No. 60 in C major, Hoboken I/60, was written by Joseph Haydn. It is sometimes given the nickname "Il Distratto" (The Distracted), or in German, "Der Zerstreute". It was completed in or by 1775 (most likely November 1774). The symphony makes use of music Haydn wrote for a play, "Le Distrait", by Jean-François Regnard, given a German revival in 1774 by Karl Wahr under the German title "Der Zerstreute" ("Il Distratto" is the title that appears on Haydn's incidental music, however). Symphony no. 60 contains the overture, four entr'actes and finale from the music