Examples of scherzo in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 The Allegro appassionato scherzo is an intense wintry waltz, the Andante a reflection and a meditation, the Allegretto grazioso a light-hearted finale with a tinge of melancholy. — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2019 See More

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