6 Humoresques de concert, Op. 14

• 6 Humoresques de concert is a set of 6 pieces for piano published in two volumes between 1887-88:
  • Book I. à l’Antique
    • 1. Menuet célèbre
    • 2. Sarabande
    • 3. Caprice (in the style of Scarlatti)
  • Book II. Moderne
    • 4. Burlesque
    • 5. Intermezzo polacco
    • 6. Cracovienne fantastique (also known as a “Krakowiak,” a fast, syncopated Polish folk dance)¹

*A “humoresque” is a Romantic-era genre of piano music and typically means a short piano piece that expresses a particular mood or a vague nonmusical idea.²

1. “6 Humoresques de concert, Op.14 (Paderewski, Ignacy Jan),” IMSLP, accessed September 19, 2024, https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Humoresques_de_concert%2C_Op.14_(Paderewski%2C_Ignacy_Jan).
2. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, “humoresque,” Encyclopedia Britannica (1998), accessed September 19, 2024, https://www.britannica.com/art/humoresque-music.