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Valse

Вальс

Sketch (date unknown)

Catalogue References TH 252 ; ČW 482 (as "Waltz")
Date unknown (unrealized)
Key E major
Instrumentation Cello + Piano (or Orchestra?)
Autograph Location Klin (Russia): Tchaikovsky House-Museum Archive (sketches only)

History

Apart from a single musical sketch, there are no other references to this project, which could have been intended as a chamber piece for cello with piano accompaniment, or as an orchestral work. It is possible that this piece is connected with Tchaikovsky’s projected Cello Concerto.

From: The Tchaikovsky Handbook, vol. 1 (2002), p. 424
Copyright © 2002 Alexander Poznansky and Brett Langston

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