scherzo
回旋曲,弦乐,弦乐曲,弦子
Definitions
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plural scher·zos, scher·zi [skert-see]. /ˈskɛrt si/. Music.
- : a movement or passage of light or playful character, especially as the second or third movement of a sonata or a symphony.
Examples
They had to make decisions, like determining whether a sketch indicated the starting point of a scherzo, which is a very lively part of the symphony, typically in the third movement.
The Scherzo is neither good nor bad; the trio is so innocent that it would be almost too infantile for a Sniegourotchka.
A note in his handwriting states that they were addressed to no one in particular, and that they were merely a poetical scherzo.
And then what does that irritating Lætitia Wilson do but say suddenly, "I'm quite ready for the scherzo, dear, if you are."
A very familiar, yet always fresh and intensely interesting composition is this scherzo.
Themes for the Allegro, Andante and Scherzo are found in sketchbooks belonging, at the very latest, to the years 1800 and 1801.