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- noun Plural form of
scherzo .
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Apart from two piano concertos (both 1830) and four other works for piano and orchestra, virtually all his compositions are for solo piano; they include some 60 mazurkas, 27 études, 26 preludes, 21 nocturnes, some 20 waltzes, 16 polonaises, 4 ballades, 4 scherzos, and 3 sonatas.
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As Nicholas, tenor Hal Cazalet sang bright, eager scherzos.
Full-Bodied Arias in a Postorganic World Heidi Waleson 2011
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Each quartet has focused on a particular classical structure (he's already spotlighted scherzos, fugues, song forms and rondos), and this one, in four movements, explores some of the many aspects of the variation.
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Even less extreme movements are odd, such as minuets generally taken as fast scherzos with much slower trios.
Album review: Conductor Marc Minkowski's take on Haydn's 'London' symphonies 2010
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She opened the piano and sang, played charming nocturnes and scherzos with a grace and sentiment which displayed a perfect freedom of mind, thus triumphing over her father, whose darkling face showed no softening.
The Vendetta 2007
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If the stream of divertimentos, scherzos and polonaises reduces disorder at the mall, speakers may be installed at more bus stops, said Rod Baker, chief of public safety for Pierce Transit.
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Topaste... devo dizer-te que as misturas se devem unicamente às propriedades do Corel, que permitem estes scherzos...
... Artur 2006
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Aqueles tutoriais são uma perdição... uma ilusão de gelo, e uns scherzos à volta de imagens ilosórias.
Photoshop Phun Artur 2005
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To the meagre body of American scherzos, Bartlett's scherzo will be very welcome.
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Besides these scherzos, Hawley has written a few religious part songs of a high order, particularly the noble "Trisagion and Sanctus," with its "Holy, Holy!" now hushed in reverential awe and now pealing in exultant worship.
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