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TH 43

Serenade for N. G. Rubinstein's Name-Day

Серенада к именинам Н. Г. Рубинштейна

A minor (1872).

• Composed December 1872.
• Scored for Flute; 2 Clarinets (A); Horn (F); Trumpet (D); Violins I; Violins II; Violas; Violincellos; Double Basses.
• First performed in Moscow, 6/18 December 1872.
• Dedicated to Nikolai Rubinstein.
• Average duration: 3m

History

Composed and scored in December 1872 in Moscow. The autograph date on the manuscript is: "[18]72 1 Dec[ember]".

The first page of the manuscript bears a note by Karl Albrecht: "Serenade, comp[osed] by P. I. Tchaikovsky and performed on 6 Dec. 1872 by students of the Conservatory at 6 pm for the name-day of Nikolai Grigor'evich Rubinstein".

From: Музыкальное наследие Чайковского (1958), p. 370
English text copyright © 2006 Brett Langston

See also:

• Serenade for Nikolay Rubinstein's Name-Day page on the Internet Music Score Library Project (external site)

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