{"id":3413,"date":"2011-06-30T14:33:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T14:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=3413"},"modified":"2011-06-30T20:45:38","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T20:45:38","slug":"new-sheet-music-chopins-four-scherzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/site-news\/new-sheet-music-chopins-four-scherzi-3413\/","title":{"rendered":"New Sheet Music: Chopin&#8217;s Four Scherzi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to their name, the four scherzos are not light-hearted compositions, and the first three, in particular the Scherzo in B minor, have very strong dramatic accents.<br \/>\nThe first and last make the most of the ternary form, with extreme contrasts between the outer sections, full of restless motion, and the melodious middle episodes. The second and third scherzos shows Chopin\u2019s ingenuity in creating new complex and dramatised forms, full of astonishing changes, sudden pauses and contrasts.<\/p>\n<p>The most popular of these pieces is the B-flat Scherzo, opus 31. Chopin himself used it in his teaching and admonished his pupils to play the famous first bars in a manner that evoked the image of a mortuary.<\/p>\n<p>Scherzo no 2 in B-flat Minor, opus 31:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/chopin-sheet-music\/scherzi\/scherzo-2-op-31-b-flat-minor.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/search\/images_tn\/png300px\/chopin_scherzo2_op31.png\" title=\"Chopin Scherzos piano sheet music\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The legendary pianist Arthur Rubinstein plays Scherzo no. 2:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bMlOkZEX3sA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The four Scherzos are now available as urtext scores to download and print from Piano Street\u2019s online sheet music library.<br \/>\nSimilar to the recently published collections of Nocturnes, Ballades and Preludes, this new edition by Piano Street attempts to present the most valid version of these pieces following consensus among today\u2019s prominent scholars and pianists. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/search\/searchcollection.php?id=106\">Chopin &#8211; Four Scherzi, sheet music to download and print<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to their name, the four scherzos are not light-hearted compositions, and the first three, in particular the Scherzo in B minor, have very strong dramatic accents. 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