Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Adagio (52 bars) |
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Composition Year | 1863/64 |
Genre Categories | Adagios; For 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet; Scores featuring the flute; |
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Work Title | Adagio |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | TH 160 ; ČW 330 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IPT 2 |
Key | F major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Adagio (52 bars) |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1863/64 |
First Publication. | 1967 - Moscow: Muzyka (in vol.58 of Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Complete Collected Works, p.26–28). Plate 3534 |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 3 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (B♭), bass clarinet (B♭) |
External Links | Tchaikovsky Research |
Extra Information | Written as an exercise in composition while Tchaikovsky was a student in Anton Rubinstein's composition classes at the St. Petersburg Conservatory |