It is a lively dance in triple meter and stylistically refers back to the baroque period.
[2] The second movement is marked “Assez lent” and features multiple double bass solos.
The final movement incorporates imitative polyphony in a fugal section.
G. W. Hopkins pointed out the “irritating antics” of this little symphony in his 1970 review in The Musical Times.
[3] Christopher Headington of the classical music review website Gramophone referred to the etude movement as “comic.”[4]