Humoresque
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Arranged for viola and piano by Elias Goldstein, performed by Elias Goldstein (viola) and Monica Pavel (piano)
Tchaikovsky's "Humoresque" performed by the United States Navy Band Symphony Orchestra in 1955
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Humoresque (or Humoreske) is a genre of romantic music characterized by pieces with fanciful humor in the sense of mood rather than wit.[1] The name refers to the German term Humoreske, which was given from the 1800s onward to humorous tales.[2]
Notable examples of the humoresque style are Schumann's Humoreske in B-flat major (Op. 20, 1839), and Dvořák's set of eight Humoresques (Op. 101, 1894), of which No. 7 in G-flat major is well known.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Randel, Don Michael (1999). The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-00978-9.
- ^ R. Grimm. Begriff und Gattung Humoreske. Jahrbuch der Jean Paul Gesellschaft, 1968.
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