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Valse-caprice
Вальс-каприс
Op. 4 (1868).
| Catalogue References | TH 126 ; ČW 103 |
|---|---|
| Date | October 1868 |
| Key | D major |
| Tempo/Section Listing | A tempo rubato non troppo mosso (D major, 468 bars) |
| Instrumentation | Piano (solo) |
| First Performance | Moscow, 8/20 April 1869, by Anton Door |
| Autograph Location | Moscow: Glinka State Central Museum of Musical Culture (ф. 88, No. 106) |
| First Publication | Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1868 |
| Average Duration | 9 minutes |
| Dedication | Anton Door (1833–1919) |
| External Links | Internet Music Score Library
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History
Probably composed in October 1868 in Moscow, shortly before the Romance, Op. 5, on the basis that both works were written in the same copy-book. In December that year the composer wrote to Modest Tchaikovsky: "In a few days two of my piano pieces will appear in print" [1]. One of these pieces was the Valse-caprice, Op. 4. and the other was the Romance, Op. 5.
Tchaikovsky dedicated the Valse-caprice to his colleague at the Moscow Conservatory, the virtuoso pianist Professor Anton Door, who played it for the first time in a solo recital on 8/20 April 1869.
Published by Petr Jurgenson in 1868.
From: Музыкальное наследие Чайковского (1958),
p. 392
English text copyright © 2006 Brett Langston
Notes:
- Letter 124 to Modest Tchaikovsky, mid/late December 1868 [back]