it has been theorized by some musicologists, including brian newbould, that schubert may have sketched a finale that instead became the big b minor "entr'acte" from his incidental music to "rosamunde", but all evidence for this is circumstantial. one possible reason for schubert's leaving the symphony incomplete is the predominance of the same meter (triple meter). the first movement is in , the second in and the third (an incomplete scherzo) again in . three consecutive movements in basically the same meter rarely occur in symphonies, sonatas, or chamber works of the most important viennese composers.