Performances
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General Information
| Work Title
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Suite for Orchestra
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Rubinstein, Anton
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.119
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IAR 102
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| Key
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E-flat major
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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6 movements:
- Prélude. Moderato
- Elegie. Adagio
- Capriccio. Presto
- Intermezzo. Moderato assai
- Scherzo. Allegro vivace assai - Un poco animato - Tempo I
- Finale. Moderato assai - Allegro vivace e con fuoco
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1894 summer
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| First Publication.
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1895
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| Dedication
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l'Imperiale Société musicale russe
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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40-odd 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 (piccolo, flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, 4 horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, timpani, strings)
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Navigation etc.
There is a recording on Centaur but it omits the Intermezzo movement. Estimating that movement at 3 minutes and adding that to the 38-minute duration of the one (as of 3/2019) existing recording, one gets ca.41 minutes for the suite. It is sometimes online described mistakenly as a suite for piano and orchestra because its one recording is as a coupling to the last instalment in a series of Rubinstein's piano concertos.
Definitely composed before November 1894, of course, come to think of it... Specific composition date from Philip Taylor, Anton Rubinstein: A Life in Music, p.236 (who claims publication was also in 1894, but © on score is 1895.)
