Humoresque
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- This article is about the musical genre. For the 1946 film, see Humoresque (film).
Humoresque is a free genre of Romantic music with a capricious character, virtually synonymous with capriccio. It is characterised by its whimsical or fanciful composition. Some famous examples would be the eight humoresques written by Antonín Dvořák.