scherzo
Sign in to saveAlso known as scherzos
A scherzo (, , ; plural scherzos or scherzi), in western classical music, is a short composition – sometimes a movement from a larger work such as a symphony or a sonata. The precise definition has varied over the years, but scherzo often refers to a movement that replaces the minuet as the third movement in a four-movement work, such as a symphony, sonata, or string quartet. The term can also refer to a fast-moving humorous composition that may or may not be part of a larger work.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- composed musical work
Show 3 more facts
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Scherzos
- topic's main category
- Category:Scherzos
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~6 min read
Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Form
- Appearance/examples in compositions
- References
- External links
A scherzo (, , ; plural scherzos or scherzi), in western classical music, is a short composition – sometimes a movement from a larger work such as a symphony or a sonata. The precise definition has varied over the years, but scherzo often refers to a movement that replaces the minuet as the third movement in a four-movement work, such as a symphony, sonata, or string quartet. The term can also refer to a fast-moving humorous composition that may or may not be part of a larger work.
==Origins==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “scherzo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.