Word of the Day for Friday 2nd May 2014
Scherzo\ SKERT-soh \,
noun;
1. Music . a movement or passage of light or playful character, especially as
the second or third movement of a sonata or a symphony.
Quotes:
Placed, like Beethoven's scherzo, between the tragic "funeral march" of
Maxi and Fortunata (book two) and the final disposition of the novel's
serious themes (book four), the third volume offers a change of pace and
a bit of comic relief.
-- Vernon A. Chamberlin, Galdós and Beethoven , 1977
When you play that Chopin scherzo at the end, you're going to bring down
the house!
-- Gail Godwin, The Finishing School , 1984
Origin:
Scherzo is ultimately from Langobardic, a language from Lombardy. It came
to English through the Italian word scherzare for "joke."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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