Mudcat Café message #2554308

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Thread #21813 Message #2554308
Posted By: Jim McLean
01-Feb-09 - 07:04 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Simple Gifts / 'Tis a Gift to be Simple
Subject: RE: Origins: Simple Gifts / 'Tis a Gift to be Simple

Jack, Haydn's Symphony No. 94, the Surprise symphony can be heard here http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7mgNv6zEHdE
The opening (2nd movement?)always makes me think of A Gift to be Simple. He was living between 1732 - 1809 so could this be an early form of the phrase?