Humoresque

For other uses, see Humoresque (disambiguation).
Dvořák's Humoresque, Op. 101, No. 7
Arranged for viola and piano by Elias Goldstein, performed by Elias Goldstein (viola) and Monica Pavel (piano)
Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 2
From Tchaikovsky's Morceaux (1871), performed by the United States Navy Band Symphony Orchestra in 1955
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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.[1]

  1. ^ Randel, Don Michael (1999). The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-00978-9.