Esquisse is a French word meaning "sketch". It has been used as the title of several musical compositions:
Esquisses (1861), piano pieces by Charles-Valentin Alkan La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre (1905), orchestral composition by Claude Debussy Esquisses Byzantines (1914–19), 10 pieces for organ by Henri Mulet Five Esquisses (1929), piano pieces by Jean Sibelius Esquisses, op 41 (1945), organ works by Marcel Dupré Sept haïkaï — esquisses japonaises (1966), by Olivier Messiaen Messagesquisse (1976), for cellos by Pierre Boulez Petites Esquisses d'oiseaux (1985), by Olivier Messiaen