Humoresque Explained

Humoresque (or in German, German: Humoreske|italic=no) is a genre of Romantic music characterized by pieces with fanciful humor in the sense of mood rather than wit.^[1]

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

See also

• Capriccio

Notes and References

1. Book: Randel, Don Michael . Don Michael Randel

   . Don Michael Randel . The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians . 1999 . . Cambridge, Massachusetts. 0-674-00978-9 .