Romeo and Juliet (overture-fantasia) (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich)

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For the duet scene written later by Tchaikovsky for a projected opera, using themes from the overture-fantasia, see Romeo and Juliet (duet).


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1st version (1869)

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Anatoly Drozdov (1883–1950) and Igor Fyodorovich Belza (1904–1994)

Publisher Info.:

Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii. Vol.23
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1950. Plate M. 20556 Г.
Reprint - New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d. [ca.1970]. Kalmus Orchestral Series No.574

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Original title page and plate numbers omitted in reprint

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2nd version (1870)

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Anatoly Drozdov (1883–1950) and Igor Fyodorovich Belza (1904–1994)

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Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii. Vol.23
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1950. Plate M. 20556 Г.
Reprint - New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d. [ca.1970]. Kalmus Orchestral Series No.575

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Original title page and plate numbers omitted in reprint
Bars 1-459 of the 2nd version (1880) are identical to the 3rd version (1880). This extract commences at bar 460.

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3rd version (1880)

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Leipzig: Edition Eulenburg No.675 (n.d.) Plate E.E. 3793

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 Complete Score [part 1]
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Anatoly Drozdov (1883–1950) and Igor Fyodorovich Belza (1904–1994)

Publisher Info.:

Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii. Vol.23
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1950. Plate M. 20556 Г.

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Public Domain

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3rd version (1880)

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Berlin: Bote & Bock, n.d.(1881)

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3rd version (1880)

Arrangements and Transcriptions

3rd version (1880)

For 2 Pianos, 8 hands (Shefer)

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Aleksandr Nikolaevich Shefer (1866-1901), transcriber

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St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d.(1898). Plate 3960

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For 2 Pianos, 4 hands (Isida)

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Tokyo: Isida Kazue Rockzaemon

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3rd version (1880)

For 2 Pianos, 4 hands (Klindworth)

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Editor:

Karl Klindworth (1830–1916)

Publisher Info.:

St. Petersburg: W. Bessel & Cie, n.d. (1896). Plate 3205

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For Piano 4 hands (Rimskaya-Korsakova)

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Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919)

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Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1881. Plate 10676

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Public Domain

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3rd version (1880)
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General Information

Work Title Romeo and Juliet
Alternative Title Ромео и Джульетта (Romeo i Dzhulyetta)
Composer Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich
Opus/Catalogue Number TH 42
Key B minor
Number of Movements/Sections 1
Average Duration 20 minutes
Year/Date of Composition 1st version — 1869
2nd version — 1870
3rd version —1880
First Performance 1st version — Moscow, 4/16 March 1870
2nd version — St. Petersburg, 5/17 February 1872
3rd version — Tiflis, 19 April/1 May 1886
Year of First Publication 1st version — 1950
2nd version — 1871
3rd version — 1880
Dedication Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837–1910)
Genre Symphonic Poem
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, English Horn, 2 Clarinets (A), 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns (F), 2 Trumpets (E), 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Cymbals, Bass Drum, Harp, Violins I, Violins II, Violas, Cellos, Double Basses
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Version History

  • Composed for orchestra, 1869 (= 1st version)
  • Revised by Tchaikovsky, 1870 (= 2nd version)
  • Conclusion revised by Tchaikovsky, 1880 (= 3rd version)

Section Listing

1st version (1869):

  • Andante non troppo—Allegro giusto (B minor, 448 bars)

2nd version (1870):

  • Andante non tanto quasi Moderato—Allegro giusto (B minor, 539 bars)

3rd version (1880):

  • Andante non tanto quasi Moderato—Allegro giusto (B minor, 522 bars)

Publication History

1st version (1869):

  • Full Score:
    • Moscow; Leningrad: Muzgiz, 1950 (in vol. 23 of Polnoe sobranie sochinenii)

2nd version (1870):

  • Full Score:
  • Arrangement for Piano 2 hands (Bial):
  • Arrangement for Piano 4 hands (Rimskaya-Korsakova):
  • Arrangement for 2 Pianos, 4 hands (Klindworth):
    • St. Petersburg: W. Bessel, 1872. 31 pages. Plate 242

3rd version (1880):

  • Full Score:
  • Arrangement for Piano 2 hands (Bial):
    • Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1881. 21 pages. Plate 11545.
      • reprinted — Moscow: W. Bessel, c.1881. 21 pages. Plate 770
  • Arrangement for Piano 4 hands (Rimskaya-Korsakova):
  • Arrangement for 2 Pianos, 4 hands (Klindworth):
    • St. Petersburg: W. Bessel, n.d. (1896). Plate 3205

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