| Work Title
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Suite No.4
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| Alternative. Title
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Mozartiana
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| Name Translations
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Suite n° 4; Orchestral Suite No. 4 Mozartiana; 組曲第4番
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| Authorities
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Wikipedia
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| Composer
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.61, TH 34
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IPT 124
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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4 movements:
- Gigue. Allegro (G major, 41 bars)
- Menuet. Moderato (D major, 40 bars)
- Pregheira. Andante non tanto (B♭ major, 67 bars)
- Thème et variations. Allegro giusto (G major, 342 bars)
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1887
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| First Performance.
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1887 November 26 in Moscow: Pyotr Tchaikovsky (conductor)
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| First Publication.
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1887 by P. Jurgenson, Moscow. 55 pages. Plate 13639
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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24 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (A, B♭, C), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (F), 2 trumpets (B♭) + timpani, cymbals, glockenspiel + harp, strings.
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| Related Works
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Each movement in the suite is an adaptation of a work by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
- Eine Kleine Gigue in G major, for piano (1789), K.574
- Minuet in D major, for piano (1786–87), K.355
- Ave Verum Corpus, motet for chorus, strings and organ (1791), K.618, as adapted by Franz Liszt in his À la Chapelle Sixtine, for solo piano (1865), S.461
- Variations on "Unser dummel Pöbel meint" from Gluck's "Pilger von Mekka" in G major, for piano (1784), K.455
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| External Links
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Tchaikovsky Research Wikipedia
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