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The ''Impromptu'' found its way into print accidentally. [[Nikolay Kashkin]] recalled that it had been "set down in the middle of Pyotr Ilyich's other [[Petersburg]] work, and in this notebook were some blank pages on which a new work [the ''[[Scherzo à la russe]]''] was written... When [[P. I. Jurgenson]] wanted to print the ''[[Scherzo à la russe]]'', [[Nikolay Rubinstein|Rubinstein]] took him the whole notebook, but [[P. I. Jurgenson]] did not receive any instructions, and so he had engraved all the pieces he found. When Tchaikovsky saw the proofs of both pieces, he was at first surprised and annoyed that the ''Impromptu'' had also been engraved, but he later became reconciled to this irreversible fact" <ref name="note1"/> | The ''Impromptu'' found its way into print accidentally. [[Nikolay Kashkin]] recalled that it had been "set down in the middle of Pyotr Ilyich's other [[Petersburg]] work, and in this notebook were some blank pages on which a new work [the ''[[Scherzo à la russe]]''] was written... When [[P. I. Jurgenson]] wanted to print the ''[[Scherzo à la russe]]'', [[Nikolay Rubinstein|Rubinstein]] took him the whole notebook, but [[P. I. Jurgenson]] did not receive any instructions, and so he had engraved all the pieces he found. When Tchaikovsky saw the proofs of both pieces, he was at first surprised and annoyed that the ''Impromptu'' had also been engraved, but he later became reconciled to this irreversible fact" <ref name="note1"/>. | ||
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==Recordings== | ==Recordings== | ||
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==Dedication== | |||
The published score carries the inscription: "À mon ami [[Nikolay Rubinstein|Nicolas Rubinstein]]". | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Latest revision as of 21:33, 1 September 2023
The Impromptu in E-flat minor, Op. 1, No. 2 (TH 122 ; ČW 99) is a student work for piano dating from 1863 or 1864.
Movements and Duration
There is one movement: Allegro furioso (E-flat minor, 150 bars), lasting around 7 minutes in performance.
Composition
Nothing is known of the process of composition, except that it was written while Tchaikovsky was a student at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
Publication
The Impromptu found its way into print accidentally. Nikolay Kashkin recalled that it had been "set down in the middle of Pyotr Ilyich's other Petersburg work, and in this notebook were some blank pages on which a new work [the Scherzo à la russe] was written... When P. I. Jurgenson wanted to print the Scherzo à la russe, Rubinstein took him the whole notebook, but P. I. Jurgenson did not receive any instructions, and so he had engraved all the pieces he found. When Tchaikovsky saw the proofs of both pieces, he was at first surprised and annoyed that the Impromptu had also been engraved, but he later became reconciled to this irreversible fact" [1].
Autographs
The autograph score of the Impromptu has been lost.
Recordings
- See: Discography
Dedication
The published score carries the inscription: "À mon ami Nicolas Rubinstein".
External Links
- Internet Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) — downloadable scores
Notes and References
- ↑ Nikolay Kashkin, Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском (1896), p. 49–50.
