this work consists of five dances with arabic, wallachian and hungarian melodies, and a finale that brings together all the previous thematic sketches. there was one more movement, omitted by the composer according to his mathematical principles, which would be placed between the second and the third movement. this movement is called "slovakian dance", and was finally dismissed and remained unorchestrated. however, the first, second and fourth movements contain thematic references to this piece towards the end of each one of them.