This is supposed to be a Scherzo, but it didn't turn out very sanguine, so I gave it this rather original title. Well, as long as I don't become too phlegmatic everything's fine I guess...

Rendition made in Reaper with samples by Orchestral Tools, Spitfire and East West, but mostly OT. Notation by Sibelius.

Score PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vV4Pu8qCfVKvW5LfKqfF3xFB-m3FXyIK/view?usp=sharing

Der Cholerische Tanz Des Melancholikers

Recorded on a Steinway piano, November 2024

Scherzo nr 1 op 20

Frédéric Chopin - Scherzo nr 1 op 20

Avec la Rousserolle effarvatte (enregistrée dans le Parc Marquenterre), pas question de garder son sérieux ! L’oiseau nous invite à la plaisanterie (en italien : plaisanterie = scherzo). Mais si scherzo signifie bonne humeur, le terme musical nous invite aussi à une composition presque rapide et légère.
Ici notre rousserolle se confronte à un tout petit instrument, une sorte de petit tambourin placé au bout d’un manche sur la peau duquel est fixée une cordelette. C’est en jouant sur cette cordelette que l’on fait sonner l’instrument de diverses manières, toutes en réponses aux bavardages excités de l’oiseau. L’oiseau ne chante que très rarement avec l’instrument : il semble plutôt lui répondre, chanter en alternance avec lui. Le timbre particulier aux rousserolles, alternant des sons lisses et flûtés à de petits bruit râpeux ou grattés semble vouloir s’accorder à ce petit instrument fantaisiste. 
La pièce est très brève car les meilleures plaisanteries sont toujours les plus courtes.

SCHERZO

A light-footed scherzo, lively and playful. Fast in tempo, reasonably spirited, and rhythmically moderately complex.

Symphonie Nr.1 in Es-Dur, "Vater erzählt": III. Vivace

Suite Orchestrale No.3 - Scherzo

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Scherzo In Ab Minor March 25 (3)

A musical quarrel turns into mischief. Antiphonal echoes bounce in fast-paced, playful dissonance. www.caricatunes.com

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Scherzo - Percy Whitlock

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自作の曲です。音楽の教育を受けていない素人が趣味で作曲した曲である旨、ご了承ください。
組曲第一番は、脱パンデミックを題材にしております。
第3曲は複合三部形式で、ウイルスを表わしており、特に中間部ではウイルスの増殖・出芽をイメージしております。

Symphonic Suite for Orchestra No.1 in G major-3, Scherzo,  交響組曲第一番ト長調第3曲 (T. Ohgiya)

This is a piece for violin, vibraphone, organ, and contrabass cast in the scherzo and trio form. It is in 7/8 meter and is quite dissonant and non-tonal.

Allegro Scherzoso

Classical Piano Collection, Volume 1

Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31

A fleeting moment of clarity, a river of memories shimmering with the illusion of beauty. "Glass River" is the quiet realisation that dwelling too long in nostalgia only reveals how fragile those memories truly are. Here, the aching grief of the past is momentarily forgotten, giving way to an almost lighthearted reverie—a flow of beautiful thoughts, once cherished, now reimagined with a certain detachment. The song dances between two sections, almost as if the mind is lost in a dream, only half-aware of its own fragility.

But beneath the surface, something shifts. The Minore section, with its rich, dark tension, breaks the dreamlike state, pulling the listener back to the pain that lies hidden beneath these ‘pleasant’ memories. The shift is sharp, unexpected—like the shattering of glass. Anger lingers in the air, bitter and sharp, reflecting not only sorrow but a certain disillusionment. Here, the past is no longer viewed with rose-colored glasses but with a seething awareness that the beauty was always intertwined with something darker.

"Glass River" is the moment when the past is both held close and released. It is a place where nostalgia is not just a source of pain but also a vehicle for anger, a river of memories that shatters against the rocks of the present, breaking the illusion of beauty and revealing something far more jagged.

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Glass River

This is an original piano piece that tells a story through sound. It's an "Aleatoric Scherzo"—a musical jest (scherzo) composed using principles of chance (aleatoric). The result is a composition that feels both timeless and spontaneous, where every note paints a different shade of emotion.

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Symphony in D-flat — Piano Version (Aleatoric Scherzo Edition)

A playful, lilting melody that serves as the "joke" of the concerto. This movement alternates between a pleasant, hummable theme and rapid, technical piano passages that challenge the performer. It captures the joy and humor inherent in a friendship that has lasted half a century. Read more about the story behind this music in my memoir, "The Keeper," at michaeljcriss.com.

Scherzo

Chaotic soundscapes that hit hard and linger long, where distortion meets rhythm and every drop tells a story. If you're into heavy textures, unpredictable energy, and unapologetic creativity, you're in the right place.

Composer, writer, and conceptual artist. I'm sober and a sexual abuse survivor. My music is my journal—a testament to art as a powerful tool for recovery. Thanks for listening.

Starting March 20th 2025, the adventure of Caricatunes begins. Every day a new discovery, a playful little melody, or a quirky tune sent out into the world. The idea? At least one minute of music each day that brings a smile, takes an unexpected turn, or simply offers a joyful moment of chaos...

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I am an amateur pianist drawn to music where structure and emotion meet, from Bach to Krenek, through Schumann, Chopin, Brahms, Franck, Debussy, Poulenc, Ravel, Scriabin, and other composers. I seek clarity, balance and intimacy rather than display. My repertoire reflects a taste for architecture and reflection, for poetry within precision. I am interested in the quiet intensity behind sound, that fragile space where thought becomes feeling and feeling becomes form. This channel is my way of sharing that search: the architecture of emotion.

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