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Capriccio

Каприччио

G♭ major, Op. 8 (1870).

• Composed January 1870.
• Scored for Piano solo (2 hands).
• Dedicated to Karl Klindworth.
• Average duration: 5m.

History

Composed at the beginning of 1870 in Moscow. In a letter to Aleksandra Davydova of 5 February 1870, Tchaikovsky reported that two of his piano pieces were to be printed. One of them was the Capriccio, Op. 8, and the other was the Valse-Scherzo, Op. 7.

The composer dedicated the Capriccio to his colleague at the Moscow Conservatory, the pianist and former student of Franz Liszt, Professor Karl Klindworth.

Published by Petr Jurgenson in April 1870.