Antonín Dvořák Humoresque- RAGTIME Piano version (Dvorak Humoresque) stride piano

This is a ragtime piano interpretation of Humoresque by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. Arrangement by pianist Mark Chang of Northern California. Recorded May 2009 in the Sierra Nevada Foothills. Piano is a Kawai GE-1. Sorry about the poor audio quality (used the camcorder mic).

Composer Information (from Wikipedia):

Antonín Leopold Dvořák (English pronunciation: /ˈdvɒrʒɑːk/ DVOR-zhahk or /ˈdvɒrʒæk/ DVOR-zhak; Czech: [ˈantoɲiːn ˈlɛopolt ˈdvor̝aːk] ; September 8, 1841 May 1, 1904) was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. His works include operas, symphonic, choral and chamber music. His best-known works include his New World Symphony (particularly the second and fourth movements), as well as his Slavonic Dances, "American" String Quartet, and Cello Concerto in B minor.

Humoresques (Czech: Humoresky), Op. 101 (B. 187) is a piano cycle by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, written during the summer of 1894. The Humoresque No. 7 in G♭ major is among the most famous short classical pieces ever written.

During his stay in America, when Dvořák was director of the Conservatory in New York from 1892 to 1895, the composer collected many interesting musical themes in his sketchbooks. He used some of these ideas in other compositions, notably the "From the New World" Symphony, the "American" String Quartet, the Quintet in E Flat Major, and the Sonatina for Violin), but some remained unused.

In 1894, Dvořák spent the summer with his family in Bohemia, at Vysoká u Příbrami. During this "vacation", Dvořák began to use the collected material and to compose a new cycle of short piano pieces. On 19 July 1894 Dvořák sketched the first Humoresque in B major, today number 6 in the cycle. However, the composer soon started to create scores for the pieces that were intended to be published. The score was completed on 27 August 1894.

The cycle was entitled Humoresques shortly before Dvořák sent the score to his German publisher F. Simrock. The composition was published by Simrock in Autumn, 1894.

The publisher took advantage of the great popularity of the seventh Humoresque to produce arrangements for many instruments and ensembles. The piece was later also published as a song with various lyrics. It has also been arranged for choir.

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[Mint421]

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[123plumberman]

delightful could you do a tutorial

[scramshit]

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[ipanema11]

Thank you so much for sharing. This is so wonderful! I would love to have this on my iPod.

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[MrAlwynO]

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[dialectgirl]

:D Wonderful interpretation! Such a feel good melody. Please do let us know when you complete the CD! :)

[Dumbodupon]

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[HAMayoral]

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