This was a piece I didn't like much when I learned to play it on violin. The parent of one of my cello students voiced that she was really looking forward to their daughter learning it, they loved that piece! ??? Well, okay, I guess we all have our own tastes. I don't have any recordings of my violin playing, and I suspect I was pushed through the repertoire at the speed at which I could learn the notes, never mind my other skills. I know I never mastered violin vibrato, and my bow skills were probably still pretty limited when I learned it, I guess, so there was no gracefulness, just an odd staccato melody... so what was to like about Humoresque?
Then I saw (and heard) this recording! No doubt it was this gracefulness, inflection, and singing which Dvorak intended, not the beginner violin sound! So! Students, work on those bowing skills to be able to make MUSIC of this and enjoy it as much as I do now!
Students: How do you say this composer's name and in which of these categories does the music belong - Modern, Romantic, Classical, Baroque?
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