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The '''''Nocturne''''' ([[TH]] 64 ; ČW 349), No. 4 of Tchaikovsky's [[Six Pieces, Op. 19]], for piano (1873), was arranged for cello and orchestra by the composer for a concert in February 1888.

==Instrumentation==
The piece is scored for solo cello and an orchestra consisting of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 2 horns (in F) + violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses.

==Movements==
There is one movement: Andante (D minor, 60 bars), lasting approximately 5 to 7 minutes in performance.

==Composition==
Tchaikovsky arranged his piano piece ''Nocturne'' for a performance by [[Anatoly Brandukov]] in [[Paris]] in February 1888. It appears that the orchestration was itself based on [[Wilhelm Fitzenhagen]]'s a transcription of the movement for solo cello with piano <ref name="note1"/>.

The orchestral version was transposed to the key of D major; the piano piece is set in C-sharp minor.

==Performances==
The first performance appears to have been at a private concert in [[Paris]] at the home of [[Marie de Benardaky]] on 16/28 February 1888, by members of [[Édouard Colonne]]'s Orchestra, with [[Anatoly Brandukov]] as the soloist, conducted by the composer. Five days later, on 21 February/4 March 1888, the piece was given its public premiere at the 16th Châtelet concert in [[Paris]], with the same soloist and conductor, and this was repeated at the 17th Châtelet concert exactly a week later.

The cello version of the ''Nocturne'' was heard for the first time in Russia in [[Moscow]] on 6/18 November 1891, in a concert organised by [[Aleksandr Ziloti]], once again with [[Anatoly Brandukov]] (cello), conducted by Tchaikovsky.

==Publication==
The score was published for the first time in volume 30Б of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'' (1956), edited by Viktor Kubatsky.

==Autograph==
Tchaikovsky's manuscript score (with the cello part inserted by [[Anatoly Brandukov]]) is now preserved in the Tchaikovsky House-Museum Archive at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|1}}, No. 70).

==Recordings==
: ''See: [[Six_Pieces,_Op._19:_Recordings#For_Cello_and_Orchestra|Six Pieces, Op. 19: Recordings]]''.

==Related Works==
: ''See'': [[Six Pieces, Op. 19]] (1873), and [[Andante cantabile]] (1888).

==External Links==
* {{imslpscore|6_Pieces,_Op.19_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)|6 Pieces, Op. 19}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">[[Fitzenhagen]]'s arrangement was published by [[P. Jurgenson]] in [[Moscow]] in 1879.</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Concertante Pieces]]
[[Category:Arrangements]]

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