scherzo
IPA: ʃˈɝzoʊ
noun
- (music) A piece of music or a movement from a larger piece such as a symphony; especially, a piece of music played in a playful manner.
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Examples of "scherzo" in Sentences
- It featured only the scherzo and trio.
- The third movement is a scherzo and trio.
- Another scherzo in the manner of variation 12.
- A scherzo feroce with a slower middle section.
- The Scherzo represents a lighter side of grief.
- The Scherzo and its trio are particularly brief.
- It contrasts with the contrapuntal nature of the scherzo.
- The form of the third movement is a ternary scherzo and trio.
- "Anagrams for Christophe Grozs contain the word scherzo and scherzi.
- Brahms even described the stormy scherzo as a little wisp of a scherzo.
- The third movement is in ternary form, consisting of a scherzo and trio.
- To a very quick "scherzo" the performer now added the first notes of an "adagio."
- Mr. Welser-Möst brought structural shape to the run-on scherzo, which is not easy.
- The scherzo is the flickering of mad watery lights, a fantastic whipping dance, a sudden sinister conclusion.
- Beethoven's most charming scherzo is based upon what might now be considered a skillfully handled Negro melody.
- The second movement is a very playful scherzo, which is designated as elf-like -- as light and swift as possible.
- And then there's the symphony's scherzo, which is based on a separate piece Mahler wrote using an excerpt about St. Anthony of Padua from the German folk poems "Des Knaben Wunderhorn".
- The first movement went at a tremendous, irresistible pace, the slow one stayed just on the right side of sentimentality, the scherzo was a tissue of delicate tracery, the finale joyously affirmative.
- The name "scherzo" in this connection is to be taken as signifying a play of fancy, rather than an especially playful mood in the sense of mirthfulness; in fact, it is not easy to find a rational explanation of the grounds upon which Chopin named his pieces, especially as between the ballad and the scherzo.
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