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Le Retour

Возвращение

Waltz for piano by Johann Gungl, arranged for orchestra (?1864).

  • Probably arranged in 1864.
  • Scored for 2 Flutes; 2 Oboes; 2 Clarinets (C); 2 Bassoons; 2 Horns (C); 2 Trumpets (C); 3 Trombones; Timpani; Triangle; Violins I; Violins II; VIolas; Violoncellos; Double Basses.
  • Incomplete [1].

History

Apparently made during Tchaikovsky's years at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, since it is written in the same copy book as the orchestration of the chorus At Bedtime, which dates from around 1863–1864.

From: Музыкальное наследие Чайковского (1958), p. 496
English text copyright © 2006 Brett Langston

Notes:

  1. Only the first 56 bars of Tchaikovsky's orchestration survive [back]