Form
The symphony is in four movements, marked as follows:
- Allegro con brio (F major), in sonata form.
- Andante (C major), in a modified sonata form.
- Poco allegretto (C minor), in ternary form (A B A').
- Allegro (F minor/F major), in a modified sonata form.
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