Dvorak-Castle Valse Classique Humoresque" arr. Kimura X/4M MARIMBA QUARTET VERSION"

Castle Valse Classique "Humoresque" by Dvorak arranged by Yurika Kimura for xylophone with marimba quartet. Castle Valse Classique was a title given to Ford T. Dabney's 3/4 time arrangement of Antonin Dvorák's popular piano composition Humoresque (Op. 101, Number 7), composed in 1894. The name Castle Valse refers to the dance team Vernon and Irene Castle, who were exceedingly popular performers and teachers of all the ballroom dance styles in vogue in the United States during the 1910s and 20s. They appeared with Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orchestra at Rector's Restaurant in NYC in 1917, a time when Fuller also featured George Hamilton Green in his ensemble. The Castle's "hesitation waltz" treatment of Humoresque became one of their signature numbers, and Green's spectacular obbligato xylophone performance made the music persuasive enough to stand alone on records.