Work Title
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Suite No.1
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Alternative. Title
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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.43 ; TH 31
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IPT 121
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Key
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D minor
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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6 movements:
- Introduzione e Fuga. Andante sostenuto — Moderato e con anima (D minor, 200 bars)
- Divertimento. Allegro moderato (B♭ major, 238 bars)
- Intermezzo. Andantino semplice (D minor, 240 bars)
- Marche miniature. Moderato con moto (A major, 124 bars)
- Scherzo. Allegro con moto (B♭ major, 242 bars)
- Gavotte. Allegro (D major, 165 bars)
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1878–79
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First Performance.
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1879/11/20 in Moscow, Russian Musical Society
- RMS Orchestra, Nikolay Rubinstein (conductor)
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First Publication.
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1879, 1885 — Moscow: P. Jurgenson.
- Full score, 138 pages. Plate 3905.
Arrangement for piano 4 hands, 87 pages. Plate 3907. Full score, 152 pages. Plate 3905. Arrangement for piano 4 hands, 94 pages. Plate 3907.
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Dedication
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Nadezhda von Meck (1831-1894)
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Average DurationAvg. Duration
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38 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
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InstrDetail
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piccolo, 3 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons 4 horns, 2 trumpets. timpani, triangle, glockenspiel, strings
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External Links
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Tchaikovsky Research Wikipedia article
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Extra Information
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Also arranged for piano 4 hands by Tchaikovsky, 1878–79. In the first editions, the Marche miniature was included as an appendix to the score as "No.4a". From the second edition onwards it was published as No.4 in the suite.
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