Elegy for String Orchestra (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's Andante non troppo
Composition Year 1884
Genre Categories Elegies; Funeral music; For strings; Scores featuring string ensemble; For violin, piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For organ (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the organ (arr)
Related Works Re-used in Hamlet (incidental music), Op.67a as the "Entr’acte" (Act IV, No.9)

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 Complete Score
#602823 - 8.69MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 64×⇩ - Cellofan

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1884., dated November 6th.
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 Complete Score
#603179 - 1.20MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 216×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2019/12/29)

Editor First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1890]. Plate 14783.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933-70). Catalog A7262.
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 Complete Score
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P.davydov (2022/6/9)

Editor Irina Iordan (1910-1976)
Publisher. Info. Complete Collected Works (Полное собрание сочинений), vol.26
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1961. Plate M. 29301 Г.
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 Complete Score
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Editor Irina Iordan (1910-1976)
Publisher. Info. Complete Collected Works (Полное собрание сочинений), vol.26
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1961. Plate M. 29301 Г.
URTEXT EDITION 
This "urtext" or "scholarly" (scientific) edition was published at least 25 years ago in the EU (or 20 years ago in Italy, before 1997 in the former USSR). Hence, the edition is public domain in its country of origin or a government publication. Such editions are also public domain in Canada because they fail to meet the minimum 'threshold of originality' to qualify for copyright as an 'adaptation'. They may not be public domain elsewhere. More information about this can be found here.
Please obey the copyright laws of your country. IMSLP does not assume any sort of legal responsibility or liability for the consequences of downloading files that are not in the public domain in your country.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1965). Orchestral Series No.582.
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Misc. Notes Original title page and plate numbers omitted in reprint
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 Complete Score
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Editor Orfeo Mandozzi
Publisher. Info. Oberwart: Orfeo Mandozzi 24.12.2019
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Misc. Notes Urtext from the manuscript
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Parts

 Complete Parts
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Editor First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1890]. Plate 14784.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933-70). Catalog A7262.
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 Violins I
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⇒ 4 more: Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos
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 Basses
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 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos
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 Basses
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Violin and Piano (Kleinecke)

 Complete Score
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Arranger Albert Karlovich Kleyneke (b.1854)
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: D. Rahter, n.d.[1894]. Plate 615.
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For Cello and Piano (Kleinecke)

 Complete Score (violin and piano) and Cello Part
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Arranger Albert Karlovich Kleyneke (b.1854)
Engraver Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: D. Rahter, n.d.[1894]. Plate 615. (score)
Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.[1894]. Plate 19496. (part)
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For Organ (Silver)

 Complete Score
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Arranger Alfred Jethro Silver (1870-1935)
Publisher. Info. Hamburg: D. Rahter, 1909.
Reprinted London: Alfred Lengnick & Co., n.d.(ca.1910). Plate A. L. & Co. 935.
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General Information

Work Title Elegy for String Orchestra
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
String orchestra, Ippolit Altani (conductor)
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.
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