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▪ I. humoresque, n. Mus.|hjuːməˈrɛsk|
[ad. Ger. humoreske, f. L. hūmor humour: see -esque.]
A composition of a humorous or capricious character.
[1880Grove Dict. Mus. I. 758 Humoreske, a title adopted by Schumann for his Op. 20 and Op. 88, No. 2... Heller and Grieg have also used the term for pianoforte pieces... There is nothing obviously ‘humorous’ in any of these, and the term ‘caprice’ might equally well be applied to them. Rubinstein also entitles his Don Quixote ‘Humoreske’, but the ‘humour’ is there of a much more obvious and boisterous kind.] 1889Grieg in Pall Mall G. 20 Mar. 3/1 One of my earliest works..a Humoresque in four parts.
▪ II. humoˈresque, a.
[f. humour n. + esque.]
Of a humorous style.
1896E. Gosse Crit. Kit-Kats 149 The..few purely fantastic poems of recent times which have..kept up the old tradition of humoresque literature. |