{"id":10199,"date":"2011-07-21T21:54:09","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T01:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/?p=10199"},"modified":"2011-07-25T12:53:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T16:53:41","slug":"dvorak%e2%80%99s-humoresque-by-yk-chan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/?p=10199","title":{"rendered":"Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Humoresque\t\t\t –by YK Chan"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABSTRACT<\/strong><\/p>\n

It likely invokes a state of calmness and tranquility to induce sparkles of delight and pensiveness…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k<\/a>\u2019s Humoresque<\/em> No. 7 in G-flat major<\/em> is often heard as a popular violin miniature or encore piece.\u00a0 I remember the very first time I listened to it was from a 10\u201d-vinyl disc (comprising violin gems) that brother YH bought during his high school years when I was in grade school.\u00a0 This simple and pleasant melody immediately struck my heartstrings.\u00a0 Since then I had been imagining taking up the violin some day so that I could play it.\u00a0 As an adult, I finally learned the\u00a0 Shin’ichi Suzuki<\/a> simplified arrangement<\/p>\n

[http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-MTyhj3gyI0&NR=1&feature=fvwp<\/a>]<\/p>\n

but played it, as expected, without conveying humor.<\/p>\n

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Humoresques are fanciful romantic pieces that depict a humorous mood.\u00a0 Dvo\u0159\u00e1k originally wrote eight of them in 1894 as a cycle of piano ditties, which were published as his opus 101<\/p>\n

[http:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/8_Humoresques,_Op.101_%28Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k,_Anton%C3%ADn_Leopold%29<\/a>].<\/p>\n

The popular tune arranged for the violin is the seventh designated poco lento e grazioso<\/em>–a little slow and gracious<\/p>\n

[http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WmAZoexenx8<\/a>].<\/p>\n

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Fritz Kreisler<\/a> popularized it further with his own fancy arrangement and played it with much sentiment [http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UiiAUECbIaw<\/a>].\u00a0 Hilary Hahn<\/a>, the young American violinist, however, admires Mischa Elman<\/a>\u2019s rendition<\/p>\n

[http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=31uJT2IKsR0&feature=related<\/a>].\u00a0 Elman played it methodically and slowly with such a precision that exemplified the even bowing division technique, yet adding colors to it.\u00a0 On the other hand, the violin virtuoso Maxim Vengerov<\/a> interprets it speedily like a child skipping rope<\/p>\n

[http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f_JoPEX3pxc<\/a>].<\/p>\n

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One of my teachers introduced me to yet another interpretation, one by Josef Hassid<\/a>, who died tragically and prematurely.\u00a0 He recorded Kreisler\u2019s version but played it with unique articulation and subdued melancholic passion<\/p>\n

[http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EpMiNez6RR4<\/a>].<\/p>\n

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Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Humoresque No. 7<\/em> has been transcribed for various instruments and ensembles.\u00a0 Even a song version was used as a joke on the Amtrak train and in a children\u2019s animation.\u00a0 It is not surprising that its original piano version is unknown to or forgotten by some listeners, while its violin and piano versions remain in the popular repertoire.\u00a0 Many violinists, from the very young to the old, have played it.\u00a0 Listeners respond to it in more than a humorous mood as provoked by the artist\u2019s interpretation and delivery.\u00a0 It likely invokes a state of calmness and tranquility to induce sparkles of delight and pensiveness.\u00a0 I recently came across a performance by Rachel Barton Pine<\/a>, playing Maud Powell<\/a>\u2019s adaptation of Kreisler\u2019s arrangement<\/p>\n

[http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O9AUhoQZOrw<\/a>].\u00a0 You may choose your favorite interpretation from all available versions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ABSTRACT It likely invokes a state of calmness and tranquility to induce sparkles of delight and pensiveness… Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Humoresque No. 7 in G-flat major is often heard as a popular violin miniature or encore piece.\u00a0 I remember the very … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-10199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-ykchan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10199"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10249,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10199\/revisions\/10249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}