Allegro vivo in C minor

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The Allegro vivo in C minor, for orchestra (TH 165 ; ČW 332), 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, 2 clarinets (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 2 horns (in C), 2 trumpets (in E-flat) + violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses.

Movements and Duration

There is one movement: Allegro vivo (C minor, 172 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. 131).

Recordings

See: Discography