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scherzo

/skert-soh/US // ˈskɛrt soʊ //UK // (ˈskɛətsəʊ) //

回旋曲,弦乐,弦乐曲,弦子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.