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TH 203

Allegro

For piano, F minor (1863/64)

• Begun in 1863 or 1864 (possibly intended as the first movement of a Piano Sonata).
• Scored for Piano solo (2 hands).
• The central theme was reworked in the Scherzo, Op. 2, No. 2 (1867).
• Average duration: 10m 30s (completed version).

History

A student work, written during Tchaikovsky’s student years at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory [1]. In 1867 Tchaikovsky re-used the middle section of the Allegro in the Scherzo of the piano cycle Souvenir de Hapsal.

From: Музыкальное наследие Чайковского (1958), p. 386
English text copyright © 2006 Brett Langston

References:

1. M. I. Tchaikovsky, Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского, том 1 (1900), p. 273 [back]