Hello everybody,
I understand that Tchaikovsky had consistent sense of tempi. I do not
know who wrote tempo indications and metronome markings in Symphony 6. I
understand their consistency, except for tempo indication of "Andante non
tanto" for metronome marking of "q.=60" at bar 90 in Finale.
"Andante non tanto" corresponds "q.=72 to 80" in composer's perception.
I think it should be "Adagio non tanto".
if it was "Andante lamentoso ( q.= 54 ) " at the top of Finale, bar 90
is beggining of recapitulation, so it may be written as "Andante non tanto
( q.= 60 ) "
However there's no possibility that composer wrote "Andante" for q.=
54. in his perception.
How do you think?
Best regards,
Kamomeno Iwao
07/11/2011 03:46