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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
}
>>](../_assets_/b9e112c448060808980b4bd9ce9f7c82/d2qg218w.png)
A sprightly Allegretto takes the place of the slow movement. The third movement goes back to the early minuet, instead of the Scherzo.