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The Adagio in F major, for wind octet (TH 160 ; ČW 330), 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, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (in B-flat), bass clarinet (in B-flat).
Movements and Duration
There is one movement: Adagio (F major, 52 bars), lasting around 3 minutes in performance.
- To hear a virtual performance of the piece see "First Thoughts".
Publication
The work was published for the first time in 1967 in volume 58 of Tchaikovsky's Complete Collected Works, edited by Irina Iordan.
- See also online resources below.
Autographs
Tchaikovsky's manuscript score (which includes the Agitato and Allegro in E minor) is now preserved in the Klin House-Museum Archive (a1, No. 125).
Recordings
- See: Discography