Humoresque Op. 10, No. 2
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Product ID: CM2 8047
By Pjotr Illych Tchaikovsky
published: 1872
Publisher:
LudwigMasters
Arranger:
McAlister
Series:
String Masters
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String Orchestra
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Although this Humoresque is an entirely original composition, its style is very much that of a Russian folksong. Tchaikovsky originally wrote this piece for piano, but he liked it so much that he arranged it for violin and piano, emphasizing its folksong character. The composer's violin and piano arrangement has been amplified into an exciting piece for string orchestra.
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Composer
Pjotr Illych Tchaikovsky (1840-1897)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. His wide-ranging output includes symphonies, operas, ballets, instrumental, chamber music and songs. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, his last three numbered symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin.
Born into a middle-class family, Tchaikovsky was educated for a career as a civil servant, despite his obvious musical precocity. He pursued a musical career against the wishes of his family, entering the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in 1862 and graduating in 1865. This formal, Western-oriented training set him apart from the contemporary nationalistic movement embodied by the influential group of young Russian composers known as The Five, with whom Tchaikovsky's professional relationship was mixed.
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