Andante ma non troppo in A major
The Andante ma non troppo in A major, for small orchestra (TH 164 ; ČW 329), 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 A), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in A, E) + violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses.
Movements and Duration
There is one movement: Andante ma non troppo (A major, 217 bars), lasting around 7 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 (which includes the Adagio in C major) is now preserved in the Tchaikovsky State Memorial Musical Museum-Reserve at Klin (a1, No. 130).
Recordings
- See: Discography
External Links
- Internet Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) — downloadable scores
