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The '''Overture, Scherzo and Finale''' ({{langx|de|Ouvertüre, Scherzo und Finale}}) in [[E major]] is a work for [[symphony orchestra]] by [[Robert Schumann]].  It is his [[opus number|opus]] 52, and was written in 1841. Schumann originally considered it his second symphony.<ref name="daverio">Daverio, John (1997). {{Google books|0nmvrgdBztcC|Robert Schumann: Herald of a "new Poetic Age"}}. Oxford University Press U.S. Pages 235-6. {{ISBN|0-19-509180-9}}.</ref> The ''Overture, Scherzo and Finale'' was received tepidly by critics,<ref name="daverio" /> was revised in 1845<ref name="ferguson" /> and published the next year,<ref name="ferguson"/> with a dedication to [[Johannes Verhulst]].

== Structure ==
The work is in three [[movement (music)|movements]]:
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|Overture. ([[tempo#Italian tempo markings|Andante]] con moto in [[E minor]]<ref name="ferguson">Ferguson, Donald N. (1968). {{Google books|1hUNMaPyjS8C|Masterworks of the Orchestral Repertoire: A Guide for Listeners}}. U. of Minnesota Press. Page 518. {{ISBN|0-8166-0467-3}}.</ref> – Allegro in E major and {{music|cut-time}} [[time signature|time]]<ref>See score, bar 18 - pages 2-3 of the piano 4-hands arrangement.</ref>) (sketched and completed in April 1841)<ref name="daverio" />
:[[File:Orchesterwerke Romantik Themen.pdf|450px|page=740]]
:[[File:Orchesterwerke Romantik Themen.pdf|450px|page=741]]

|[[Scherzo]]. Vivo, in {{music|time|6|8}} time and in [[C-sharp minor|C{{music|sharp}} minor]],<ref>Pages 16-7 of the piano 4-hands arrangement, for example.</ref> whose theme is based on that of the overture.<ref name="daverio" />  It has a trio section in [[D-flat major|D{{music|flat}} major]], in contrasting {{music|time|2|4}} time<ref>starting middle of bar 55, to bar 71 - pages 18-9 of the piano 4-hands arrangement.</ref> whose material reappears as the coda of the movement.<ref>starting at bar 137 - pages 24-5 of the piano 4-hands arrangement.</ref>
:[[File:Orchesterwerke Romantik Themen.pdf|450px|page=742]]

|Finale. Allegro molto vivace<ref name="ferguson"/> (orchestrated around May 1841)<ref name="daverio" />
:[[File:Orchesterwerke Romantik Themen.pdf|450px|page=743]]
}}

==Recordings==

* [[Paul Kletzki]] conducting the [[Israel Philharmonic Orchestra]]
* [[John Eliot Gardiner]] conducting the [[Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique]]
* [[Wolfgang Sawallisch]] conducting the [[Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden]]
* [[Herbert von Karajan]] conducting the [[Berlin Philharmonic|Berliner Philharmoniker]]
* [[Georg Solti|Sir Georg Solti]] conducting the [[Vienna Philharmonic|Wiener Philharmoniker]]
* [[Franz Konwitschny]] conducting the [[Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra|Gewandhausorchester Leipzig]]
* [[Carl Schuricht]] conducting the [[Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire]]
* [[Lawrance Collingwood]] conducting the [[London Symphony Orchestra]], 1953<ref name="CHARM">Discographical data from 'Collingwood' search in The CHARM Discography, Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music, <http://www.charm.kcl.ac.uk/about/about_structure {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221938/http://www.charm.kcl.ac.uk/about/about_structure |date=2013-12-02 }}>, accessed 12 January 2015.</ref>
* [[Gerard Schwarz]] conducting the [[Seattle Symphony]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMSLP|work=Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op.52 (Schumann, Robert)|cname=Overture, Scherzo and Finale}}

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