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This article offers a musical approach that underlies the metapsychology of humour and laugh. Musical situations and works -from the opera, light music and popular songs to jazz- illustrate the concept proposed by the author: “the laugh's work”. As an essential part of psychic life and through the articulations of the Ego, Super-Ego and ideal instances, it supports and revives the creative subjective strength. Music could be a precious ally for the accomplishment of this sort of (psychic) work.