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Definition of Scherzo
1. Noun. A fast movement (usually in triple time).
Definition of Scherzo
1. n. A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, which often takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a symphony.
Definition of Scherzo
1. 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. ¹
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Definition of Scherzo
1. a lively musical movement [n -ZOS or -ZI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scherzo
Literary usage of Scherzo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"Beethoven quickly gave the scherzo the permanent position in the Symphony ...
But, lest the light aud airy character of the scherzo should be spoilt by the ..."
2. Famous Composers and Their Works by Philip Hale, Louis Charles Elson (1900)
"In his Second Symphony Beethoven went still further, and replaced the minuet with
the movement called "scherzo;" this was a freer form, and one which ..."
3. The Appreciation of Music by Thomas Whitney Surette, Daniel Gregory Mason (1907)
"Beethoven: scherzo from the Fifth Symphony. This scherzo is interlinked with the
finale, into which it is merged by a famous passage derived from the ..."
4. The Appreciation of Music by Daniel Gregory Mason, Thomas Whitney Surette (1907)
"Beethoven: scherzo from the Fifth Symphony. This scherzo is interlinked with the
finale, into which it is merged by a famous passage derived from the ..."
5. The Appreciation of Music by Thomas Whitney Surette, Daniel Gregory Mason (1907)
"Yet a moment later Beethoven begins to play with this very cadence in true scherzo
fashion, like a cat with a mouse, twice pawing it gently, so to speak, ..."
6. The Homophonic Forms of Musical Composition: An Exhaustive Treatise on the by Percy Goetschius (1898)
"THE TOCCATA, CAPRICCIO, scherzo, ETC. 1 33a. When the motive or figure, upon
which the "figuration" or dissolution of the harmony is to be based, ..."
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