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Chopin Piano Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 1:22 #155428126
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The Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31 was composed and published in 1837. Schumann compared this scherzo to a Byronic poem, `so overflowing with tenderness, boldness, love and contempt.` The renowned sotto voce opening was a question and the second phrase the answer. For Chopin it was never questioning enough, never soft enough, never vaulted enough. It must be a charnel-house. In popular culture, the piece is heard in the Woody Woodpecker episode `Musical Moments.`