Scherzo

The scherzo was introduced into the symphony and sonata during the Romantic Period and was made use of by composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonio Brunelli, and Johann Sebastian Bach. The scherzo replaces a portion of a long work containing several movements. The word literally translates to being a fast or lively movement of a composition. Beethoven included scheri in many of his works such as his Pastoral Symphony and Sonata No. 18 and they are usually written in triple meter. Composers continued to embrace the concept of the scherzo and write them into their compositions up into the Baroque and 19th century periods.