humoresque
Sign in to saveHumoresque () is a genre of Romantic music characterized by pieces with fanciful humor in the sense of mood rather than wit.
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Humoresque () is a genre of Romantic music characterized by pieces with fanciful humor in the sense of mood rather than wit.
==Notable examples== Notable examples of the humoresque style are: Robert Schumann: Humoreske in B-flat major, Op. 20, 1839 Antonín Dvořák: set of eight Humoresques, Op. 101, 1894, of which No. 7 in G-flat major is well known. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Humoresque in G major, No. 5 from his Morceaux de salon, Op. 10, 1894 Jean Sibelius: Six Humoresques, Opp. 87 & 89, 1917 to 1918 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
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