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| '''''Perpetuum mobile''''' (Вечное движение) is an adaptation of the Finale from the Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major (Op. 24) by [[Carl Maria von Weber]], which Tchaikovsky made around 1871 ([[TH]] 181; [[ČW]] 411).
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| ==Instrumentation==
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| Scored for solo piano (2 hands). The original part for the right hand is transferred to the left, while the new right hand part is Tchaikovsky's own.
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| ==Movements and Duration==
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| There is one movement (C major, 332 bars), lasting around 4 to 5 minutes in performance <ref name="note1"/>.
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| ==History==
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| The story of the arrangement of the Sonata is told in reminiscences by Mariya Dulova and [[Nikolay Kashkin]]. Mariya Dulova recalled: "While my mother-in-law, Aleksandra Yuryevna Zograf-Dulova, was a student at the Conservatory [in 1866], she studied under [[N. G. Rubinstein]] and Pyotr Ilyich. While playing with her right hand she began to cry in front of Pyotr Ilyich who laughed and told her: "Don't cry, Sashenka, I will write you an etude for the left hand. That is how it came to be done" <ref name="note2"/>.
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| [[Nikolay Kashkin]]'s account of the arrangement is different "Students in Tchaikovsky's harmony class worked very hard and with apparent success... Yet. [[N. G. Rubinstein]] overestimated their abilities to the detriment of the former, and in his piano class he set the harmony students the task of harmonizing the rondo from [[Weber]]'s First Sonata, with the principal part in the bass. In the end this could not be done satisfactorily, and so Tchaikovsky did it himself. It seems that [[P. I. Jurgenson]] printed it then, or perhaps a little later"<ref name="note3"/>. | |
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| ==Publication==
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| Tchaikovsky's arrangement was published by [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] in March 1871 <ref name="note4"/>. It was included in volume 60 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'' (1971), edited by Georgy Kirkor.
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| ==Autographs==
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| Tchaikovsky's autograph score is now preserved in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive (a{{sup|1}}, No. 95).
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| The {{RUS-Mcm}} in [[Moscow]] holds a manuscript copy of the arrangement, with only the title page written by Tchaikovsky {{TOW2|k-m-fon-veber-perpetuum-mobile-obrabotka-dlya-fortepiano|(ф. 88, No. 165)}}.
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| ==Dedication==
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| The manuscript score of the arrangement carries a dedication to the pianist Aleksandra Zograf (1850–1919).
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| ==Recordings==
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| ==Related Works==
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| The Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 24 (J.138) by [[Carl Maria von Weber]] (1786–1826), popularly known as "Perpetuum mobile", was composed and first published in 1812. Tchaikovsky arranged only the fourth movement (finale) marked ''Rondo''.
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| ==External Links==
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| * {{imslpscore|Piano_Sonata_No.1_in_C_major,_Op.24_(Weber,_Carl_Maria_von)|Piano Sonata No.1 in C major, Op.24 (Weber, Carl Maria von)}}
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| ==Notes and References==
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| <references>
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| <ref name="note1">Tchaikovsky's version has no tempo indication, but [[Weber]]'s original was marked "Presto".</ref>
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| <ref name="note2">Letter from Mariya Dulova in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive — quoted in {{bib|1958/14|Музыкальное наследие Чайковского}} (1958), p. 492.</ref>
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| <ref name="note3">[[Nikolay Kashkin]], {{bib|1902/11|П. И. Чайковский и его жизнеописание}} (1902).</ref>
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| <ref name="note4">Dated from a note by [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] on Tchaikovsky's manuscript.</ref>
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| </references>
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| [[Category:Arrangements]]
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| [[Category:Piano Music]]
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