# Probably-impossible-to-identify Dvorak piece
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-impossible-to-identify-dvorak-piece/54263
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [February 13, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-impossible-to-identify-dvorak-piece/54263 "2001-02-13T04:34:21Z")
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### Author:  [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-impossible-to-identify-dvorak-piece/54263/1 "2001-02-13T04:34:21Z")
While downloading some nice classical music to dance around to, I happened to remember a song I played at music camp years ago…
It was by Dvorak, in 3/4 time, and all I remember about the title was “Scherzo” written at the top of the music. About halfway down the first page it lapsed into this really nice waltz-y rhythm, and me and a friend used to dance to it at camp while I whistled it. It was just a nice melody; I don’t remember it being either particularly booming or saccharin-sweet.
So, can anyone give me clues to a waltz-y scherzo by Dvorak? I’ve checked Napster with no success.
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### Author:  [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-impossible-to-identify-dvorak-piece/54263/2 "2001-02-13T04:52:56Z")
Maybe this is it? [Dvorak: Scherzo Capriccioso](http://www.dmsymphony.org/milestones/music/a01_dvorak.htm)
The description in the 2nd paragraph sorta kinda sounds like what you describe: “A second theme in G major - suave and waltz-like - is later announced by the violins.”
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### Author:  [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2001, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-impossible-to-identify-dvorak-piece/54263/3 "2001-02-13T04:54:38Z")
Check under Google, for “Dvorak Scherzo music file”. Dunno if this will help, but I found this:
[http://www.lost.co.nz/leon/music/playlist.html](http://www.lost.co.nz/leon/music/playlist.html)
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### Author:  [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-impossible-to-identify-dvorak-piece/54263/4 "2001-02-13T05:03:14Z")
And here’s 2 CD’s at Amazon that actually have sound samples…
[This CD’s](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000050HZC) sample is from the beginning, and [this one’s](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000AE9) is from the middle somewhere.