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THE NINE SYMPHONIES
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months of the summer and early autumn of 1812. It is smaller in scale, slighter in texture, than the other symphonies. Erroneously regarded as a return to an earlier style, and labouring for some time under the absurd title of "Ballet-Symphony," it has been somewhat neglected in the past. Without the grandeur of the Fifth or the romance of the Seventh, it contains a lasting, if less easy, charm, perfect finish, and a rich fund of good humour. Only a small orchestra is used, but it is handled in a masterly way, as the octave drums in the masterly finale, the charming staccato chords for wood-wind with boisterous interjections from the full orchestra, the running conversations between the violins and the basses, fully testify.

The first movement is in the usual development form.


\new StaffGroup <<
\new Staff = "right" {
        \key f \major
        \time 3/4
        <<
                \new Voice { \voiceOne c'''4^\markup{Allegro vivace e con brio.} \f
                        a''8 (bes''8) c'''8 \staccato a''8\staccato 
                        f''2
                        c''8 \staccato f''8\staccato
                        }
                \new Voice { \voiceTwo c''2.~
                        c''2 a'8 <a' c''>8
                        }
        >>
        <<
                \new Voice { \voiceOne [f''8 (e''8) ]
                        <c'' e''>8\staccato
                        <c'' f''>8\staccato
                        <c'' g''>8\staccato
                        a''8\staccato
                        }
                \new Voice { \voiceTwo <bes' c''>4 e'8 f'8 g'8 a'8}
        >>
        |
        <bes' bes''>4 r4 r4

}
\new Staff ="left" {
        \clef bass
        \key f \major
        \time 3/4
        <f~ a~ c'~ f'~>2.
        <f a c' f'>2
        <f a>8\staccato
        <f a>8\staccato
        |
        <g bes>4
        <g bes>8\staccato
        <f a>8\staccato
        <e g>8\staccato
        <d f>8\staccato
        |
        <c e>4
        r4 r4
}
>>

A sprightly Allegretto takes the place of the slow movement. The third movement goes back to the early minuet, instead of the Scherzo.