Scherzo op. 7

According to musicologist Arnaldo Senise, Scherzo op. 7 was composed in 1887. Acervo Levy (https://acervolevy.com/) has the manuscript of this piece, which has never been published. An annotation says that the original dedication was “à mon ami Willy Fischer”, however, above, there is “A Arthur Napoleon” and the same annotation makes clear that this marking is by Luiz Levy. Judging by the title, something close to Chopin's Scherzi was to be expected, above all because Chopin’s influence is marked in some of this composer’s other works. Although there is a more melodious central section, perhaps the only commonality with the works of the Polish composer is the fact that it is a difficult piece to perform. In fact the contrapuntal writing resembles that of Bach. Luiz Guilherme Pozzi's interpretation is the first recording of this work that is known.