Symphony No. 39 (Michael Haydn) 41 in C major (also written in 1788). The last movement is a vigorous fugato, something else this work has in common with Mozart's Symphony No. 41 and Haydn's own Symphony No. 28 in C major which Mozart certainly studied. Unlike the "Jupiter" Symphony, in this symphony the fugal theme is at its first instance accompanied by its usual countersubject: Robbins Landon speculates that Mozart also studied Haydn's No. 39 before writing his No. 41, since he "often requested his father Leopold to send him the latest fugue that Haydn had written." (Robbins Landon, 1967) Whether Mozart knew Haydn's later
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