Third movement of this great symphony which is, as usual in Beethoven's symphonies, a scherzo, here in F major and D major.

Joseph Haydn wrote minuets that are close to scherzi in tone — but it was Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert who first used scherzi widely, with Beethoven in particular turning the polite rhythm of the minuet into a much more intense – and sometimes even savage – dance.

Presto - Assai meno Presto means Fast - Much less fast.