: a sprightly humorous instrumental musical composition or movement commonly in quick triple time
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Recent Examples on the WebThe scherzo is an essay in syncopation and section work; strings and winds parry through fleeting arpeggios and transitions in and out of the lilting trio test an orchestra’s ability with unison ritardandi. Lukas Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2022 The third movement scherzo is apocalyptic; crashing, thunderous chords are used as a merciless refrain in a danse macabre.San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2022 The second movement, a galloping scherzo in triple time, was brimming with character, and benefited greatly from Cox’s locomotive approach.Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022 The opening section recalls the chromatic yet tonal music of Schoenberg and Zemlinsky 40 years prior but is followed by a dissonant scherzo.San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2021 But in the lightning-fast scherzo, the group maintained total control. Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2021 Only in the tricky scherzo did orchestral coordination slip slightly and briefly. Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 31 Oct. 2020 Tempos one notch faster than Trevino’s would have given the opening more urgency, and the lush trios of the scherzo more coherence. Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 29 Feb. 2020 There was no doubting the scherzo’s rhythmic buoyancy, Masur and friends conjuring its high spirits with vigor and clarity. Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2019 See More