How will gravity array itself; if wit is already cloaked so darkly?; asked Robert Schumann in his review of Chopins Scherzo in B minor; Op. 20. His astonishment is easily understood; since the name "scherzo" (It.) literally means "joke"; whereas Chopins scherzos are almost never humorous or light-hearted. Quite the contrary: the four expansive one-movement works to which Chopin gave the title scherzo are marked with a drama and form which were unprecedented in the genre. They are given here in chronological order:Scherzo in B minor; Op. 20; published in 1835 (date of composition difficult to establish precisely)Scherzo in B flat minor; Op. 31; completed 1837 and published the same yearScherzo in C sharp minor; Op. 39; composed 1839; published the following yearScherzo in E major; Op. 54; composed 1842-1843; published 1843
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