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Menuetto capriccioso

Third movement of the Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major (Op. 39) by Carl Maria von Weber, arranged for orchestra (?1863).

Catalogue References TH 167 ; ČW 337 (as "Movement III of the Second Piano Sonata, Op. 39")
Date (?)1863 (student work)
Key A major
Tempo/Section Listing Presto assai (A major, 204 bars)
Instrumentation 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets (B), 2 Bassoons + 4 Horns (A, D) + Violins I, Violins II, Violas, Cellos, Double Basses
Autograph Location Klin: Tchaikovsky House-Museum Archive (a1, No. 133)
First Publication Moscow: Muzyka, 1967
Average Duration 4 minutes
Notes The Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 39 (J.199) by Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), was composed and first published in 1816. Tchaikovsky orchestrated only the third movement, marked Menuetto capriccioso
External Links IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library (downloadable score)

History

Made during Tchaikovsky's student years at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. On the first page of the manuscript of the orchestration the composer wrote: "First conservatory work in 1863".

From: Музыкальное наследие Чайковского (1958), p. 495
English text copyright © 2006 Brett Langston


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