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Definition of Scherzando
1. adv. In a playful or sportive manner.
Definition of Scherzando
1. [n -DOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scherzando
Literary usage of Scherzando
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889): ...edited by Sir by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1890)
"In fact the phrasing of a scherzando passage is of paramount importance, ...
The term seems to have been first employed (scherzando) merely as a direction ..."
2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"VT scherzando, SCHERZOSO, playful, lively ; a direction of frequent occurrence,
indicating a passage of a light and cheerful character. ..."
3. What is Good Music?: Suggestions to Persons Desiring to Cultivate a Taste in by William James Henderson (1898)
"The term was first used as a direction to players, when it appeared as scherzando.
But in the early part of the seventeenth century Italian ..."
4. What is Good Music?: Suggestions to Persons Desiring to Cultivate a Taste in by William James Henderson (1898)
"The term was first used as a direction to players, when it appeared as scherzando.
But in the early part of the seventeenth century Italian ..."
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