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Menuetto Capriccioso

Orchestral arrangement of the Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 39 by Carl Maria von Weber (1863).

  • Arranged for orchestra by Tchaikovsky, 1863 (student work).

  • Scored for 2 Flutes; 2 Oboes; 2 Clarinets (B-flat); 2 Bassoons; 4 Horns (A-flat, D-flat); Violins I; Violins II; Violas; Violoncellos; Double Basses.

  • Average duration: 4m 15s

History

Made during Tchaikovsky's student years at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. On the first page of the manuscript of the orchestration the composer wrote: "First conservatory work in 1863".

From: Музыкальное наследие Чайковского (1958), p. 495
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