Pieces that don't sound like their subtitles

[jochanaan]

Most subtitles later attached to numbered symphonies are rather half baked imo .. i.e. .. Mendelssohn "Scottish"; Mozart "Jupiter" etc.

I give you Jupiter; but Mendelssohn actually wrote the Scottish Symphony in Scotland.

Some subtitles come from the named dedicatee, such as Beethoven's "Archduke" Trio, actually dedicated to Archduke Rudolph (who commissioned it).  But of course, that one is worthy of an Archduke--aye, of an Emperor.

[kyjo]

You wouldn't know it by listening to it, hence just another dumb title - as there is very, very little Scottish about it.

The scherzo has a brisk, Scottish air to it, I think (emphasized by the use of the "Scotch snap" rhythm).