Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky by Anton Aren

Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky by Anton Arensky, Op. 35a: Piano Four Hands

This is a literal transcription of the celebrated string-orchestra composition by one of Russia`s most romantic composers. It started out as the slow movement of his String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35, for the unusual scoring of violin, viola, and 2 cellos. It was written in 1894, the year after the death of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in a tribute to that composer. It is based on the theme from the song `Legend`, the fifth of Tchaikovsky`s Sixteen Children`s Songs, Op. 54. Tchaikovsky`s song was originally set to a poem in English called `Roses and Thorns` by the American poet Richard Henry Stoddard. At the first performance of the quartet, the slow movement was so well received that Arensky soon arranged it as a separate piece for string orchestra, Op. 35a, in which form it has remained among the most popular of all Arensky`s works.

• Autor: Neil Stannard
• Wydawnictwo: Independently Published
• Rok wydania: 2022
• Okładka: miękka
• Liczba stron: 24
• Wymiary: 21.5 x 27.9 x 0.6 cm
• Język: Angielski
• ISBN: 9798793873765