The choral work is a traditional drinking song in the classical sense. Its dance-like, spirited musical material is built upon so-called ''chromatic'' tetrachords characteristic of the musical practices associated with Dionysian traditions in ancient Greece.

At the climax of the piece, an instrumental melody - performable on any wind instrument - evokes at once the pipe of a faun and the flute of a vine-grower from the Tokaj wine region.