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Humoresques (Czech: Humoresky), Op. 101 (B. 187), is a piano cycle by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, written during the summer of 1894.Music critic David Hurwitz says "the seventh Humoresque is probably the most famous small piano work ever written after Beethoven's Für Elise."
Ernst von Dohnányi (Hungarian: Dohnányi Ernő, [ˈɛrnøː ˈdohnaːɲi]; 27 July 1877 – 9 February 1960) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor. He used the German form of his name on most published compositions.
The Six Humoresques, Opp. 87 and 89, [a] are concertante compositions for violin and orchestra written from 1917 to 1918 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.Despite spanning two opus numbers (due to publishing technicalities), the composer—who originally considered calling the humoresques Impromptus or Lyrical Dances—intended them as a suite.
Antonín Leopold Dvořák (/ d (ə) ˈ v ɔːr ʒ ɑː k,-ʒ æ k / d(ə-)VOR-zha(h)k; Czech: [ˈantoɲiːn ˈlɛopold ˈdvor̝aːk] ⓘ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia , following the Romantic-era nationalist example of ...
Humoresque is a Romantic music genre with fanciful humor. Learn about its history, examples, and related terms such as capriccio.
Humoresque in F ♯ major: piano: 139: 15: 1884: Balada d moll pro housle a klavír: Ballade in D minor: violin and piano: others lost; given as no. 1 140 – 1884: Kačena divoká: The Wild Duck: voice and piano: lost; folk song 141: 70: 1884–85: Symfonie č. 7 d moll: Symphony No. 7 in D minor: orchestra 142 – 1885: Dvě písně: 2 Czech ...
A comprehensive list of musical works by the 20th-century Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, including operas, ballets, film music, symphonies, concertos, and more. Find out the titles, dates, genres, and sources of his compositions.
Glière was born in the city of Kiev, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine). He was the second son of the wind instrument maker Ernst Moritz Glier (1834–1896) from Saxony (Klingenthal in the Vogtland region), who emigrated to the Russian Empire and married Józefa (Josephine) Korczak (1849–1935), the daughter of his master, from Warsaw.