Bob Draper ([log in to unmask]) responds to me:

>>Conversely the Eroica whilst it is an heroic work is still a
>>straightford classical symphony. ...
>
>The first movement has several thematic elements which could easily
>be atributed to Haydn or the big M but it does dispense with that
>slow late Haydn introduction. The finale whilst marked allegro still
>has a lot of similarity to a typical late Haydn rondo.

It's not a rondo, or rather it combines aspects of a rondo with variation
form - and was later cited by Brahms as the justification for the finale of
his 4th IIRC.

Let me ask you something: who (performance) are you judging this work by?

Deryk Barker
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