The manuscript is dated 5-21 February 1888, when Rachmaninoff was still only 14. An unknown hand has changed this date to 1887.[2] It is dedicated to his cousin Alexander Siloti, and it was intended to be part of a larger work because it is headed "Third movement".
The first performance of the Scherzo took place in Moscow on 2 November 1945, conducted by Nikolai Anosoff, along with another early work by Rachmaninoff, Prince Rostislav. The Scherzo was published in 1947.[5]
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