 \grace fis16 (e4) d cis
 d2 r4 \bar ":|."
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</score>
Fourth movement.
\relative c" {
 \version "2.18.2"
 \key bes \major
 \tempo "Allegro"
 \time 2/2
 g4 \p d bes'4. a8
 g4 bes (a g)
 fis d c'4. bes8
 a4 c (bes a)
 g bes ees4. d8
 c4 a d4. c8
 bes4 g ees cis
 d! c' (bes a)
 g8\f d'4 d d d8~ d4 g (fis g)
</score>
Style and influence.
With its wide-leap melodic lines and syncopation, this symphony is characteristic of the "" style. It shares certain features with other "Sturm and Drang" symphonies of this time, and is likely inspired by Haydn's Symphony No. 39, also in G minor.
Performance history.
The work was first performed in the United States by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on October 27, 1899, under the direction of Wilhelm Gericke. It was not performed again in the U.S. until 1937, when rendered by the Alfred Wallenstein Sinfonietta. John Barbirolli and the New York Philharmonic performed it again in 1941 as part of their centennial season.