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humoresque

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hu·mor·esque  (hym-rsk)
n. Music
A whimsical or fanciful composition.

[German Humoreske, from Humor, humor, from English humor.]

humoresque [ˌhjuːməˈrɛsk]
n
(Music / Classical Music) a short lively piece of music
[from German Humoreske, ultimately from English humour]


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to Ibsen's play of the same name and Humoresques by
The Joan Crawford Collection (Grand Hotel, Humoresque, Possessed, The Damned Don't Cry); Rain; The Women; Mildred Pierce; Johnny Guitar; What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Lenin dressed in a wig and participated in the scene at the Cabaret, as we can see in a diary entry by Hugo Ball: "A small nice looking man, who already was greeted before he entered the podium, Mister Dolgaleff was offering two humoresques by Tschechow and presented popular songs .
 
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