Poster Scherzo is a form in music that sounds fun, fast and lively.
Scherzo is an Italian term that means "jest" or "to joke".
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The Playful Scherzo

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Listen to the exciting sounds of the musical form called a scherzo.

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Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream —Lively scherzos tend to be played fast, like this Scherzo written by Felix Mendelssohn for a play.

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Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream

John Williams: Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra — This is a scherzo written for the action/adventure film, Indiana Jones.

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John Williams: Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra
A lively scherzo written for the action/adventure movie, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Florence Price: Scherzo from the Piano Sonata in E minor — In a scherzo, you will often hear the first musical idea, a second musical idea, and then the first one repeated.

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Florence Price: Scherzo from the Piano Sonata in E minor
Scherzo's are often written for long piano sonatas.

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