Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Andante non troppo |
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Composition Year | 1884 |
Genre Categories | Elegies; Funeral music; For strings; |
Related Works | Re-used in Hamlet (incidental music), Op.67a as the "Entr’acte" (Act IV, No.9) |
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Work Title | Elegy for String Orchestra |
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Alternative. Title | Элегия для струнного оркестра A Grateful Greeting (Привет благодарности) |
Composer | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | TH 51 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IPT 33 |
Key | G major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | Andante non troppo (103 bars) |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1884 |
First Performance. | 1884/12/28 in Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre
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First Publication. | 1890 - Moscow: P. Jurgenson. 9 pages. Plate 14783 |
Dedication | To the memory of Ivan Samarin (1817–1885) |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 8 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | strings |
Related Works | Re-used in Hamlet (incidental music), Op.67a as the "Entr’acte" (Act IV, No.9) |
Discography | MusicBrainz |
External Links | Tchaikovsky Research |
Extra Information | Composed as A Grateful Greeting to the actor and teacher Ivan Samarin in 1884. Published after Samarin's death under the title Elegy. |