Word: scherzofrenia
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Dates: during 1947-1947
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...symphony he picked is really Gillis' sixth, but because it is so short (14 minutes) Gillis decided to call it Symphony 5½. Its four movements-Perpetual Emotion, Spiritual?, Scherzofrenia, Conclusion!-jump from low-down to hoedown, owe more to Gershwin than to Bach. Gillis gave the third movement its punning title "because it can't quite make up its mind whether to go the Haydn-Mozart route...
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