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Nocturne
Ноктюрн
Arrangement for cello with small orchestra (?1888).
| Catalogue References: | TH 64 ; ČW 349. |
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| Date: | February 1888 (arranged from No. 4 of the Six Pieces for piano, Op. 19).. |
| Key: | D minor |
| Instrumentation: | Cello solo + 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets (B♭), 2 Bassoons + 2 Horns (F) + Violins I, Violins II, Violas, Cellos, Double Basses |
| First Performance: | Paris, 16/28 February 1888, by Anatolii Brandukov, conducted by Tchaikovsky. |
| Autograph Location: | Klin: Tchaikovsky House-Museum Archive. |
| First Publication: | Moscow: Muzgiz, 1956. |
| Average Duration: | 6 minutes. |
| External Links: |
Internet Music Score Library Project
(downloadable score). |
History
Tchaikovsky orchestrated the Nocturne—No. 4 from the Six Pieces (Op. 19) for piano—for a performance by Anatolii Brandukov in February 1888. It appears that the orchestration was itself based on an arrangement of the piece for solo cello with piano made by Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1879).
The orchestral version was transposed to the key of D minor; the piano piece is set in C♯ minor.
From:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook, vol. 1 (2002), p. 213
Copyright © 2002 Alexander Poznansky and Brett Langston