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Arranged for viola and piano by Elias Goldstein, performed by Elias Goldstein (viola) and Monica Pavel (piano)
Humoresque (or in German, Humoreske) is a genre of
Romantic music characterized by pieces with fanciful humor in the sense of mood rather than wit.
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Notable examples
Notable examples of the humoresque style are:
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Robert Schumann:
Humoreske in
B-flat major,
Op. 20, 1839
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Antonín Dvořák:
set of eight Humoresques, Op. 101, 1894, of which No. 7 in
G-flat major is well known.
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Sergei Rachmaninoff: Humoresque in
G major, No. 5 from his
Morceaux de salon, Op. 10, 1894
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Jean Sibelius:
Six Humoresques, Opp. 87 & 89, 1917 to 1918
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Noel Rawsthorne:
Hornpipe Humoresque for organ, based on
The Sailor's Hornpipe and including parts of "
Rule, Britannia!" and the Toccata from Widor's
Symphony for Organ No. 5[
citation needed]
See also
References
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