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The Largo and Allegro in D major, for 2 flutes and strings (TH 162 ; ČW 324), was written in 1863 or 1864 as an exercise while Tchaikovsky was a student in Anton Rubinstein's composition classes at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
Instrumentation
Scored for 2 flutes, violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses [1].
Movements and Duration
There is one movement: Largo—Allegro (D major, 87 bars), lasting around 4 minutes in performance.
Publication
The work was published for the first time in 1967 in volume 58 of Tchaikovsky's Complete Collected Works, edited by Irina Iordan.
Autographs
Tchaikovsky's manuscript score is now preserved in the Klin House-Museum Archive (a1, No. 126) [2].
Recordings
- See: Discography
External Links
- Internet Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) — downloadable scores
Notes and References
- ↑ In the manuscript score the string instruments are named in the singular, although they play divisi in some passages.
- ↑ On the first page of the manuscript is Modest Tchaikovsky's note: "Little Allegro with Introduction".
