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L. Neff (lneff@udel.nospam.edu) 2003/12/14 10:21

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> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:51:41 +0530, Ananth <me@privacy.net> wrote:
  >>Symphony is often defined as 'a serious' piece of music. So i'v never
>>come across something like a symphonie buffa.

I don't know whether I missed another response that might have addressed
this, but there are some patently humorous symphonies, not to mention
merely "light" ones.  L. Mozart's "Toy Symphony" (once attributed to
Haydn), Prokofiev's No. 1 (Classical), etc.


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