Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
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Composition Year | 1892 |
Genre Categories | Concertos; For piano, orchestra; Scores featuring the piano; |
Work Title | Hungarian Gypsy Melodies |
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Alternative. Title | Ungarische Zigeunerweisen |
Composer | Menter, Sophie |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | TH 193 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ISM 4 |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1892 |
First Publication. | 1909 — New York: G. Schirmer. Full score 1910 — New York: G. Schirmer. Arrangement for 2 pianos. Plate 21594. |
Dedication | Eduard Reuss |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 15 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Solo: piano Orchestra: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B♭), 2 bassoons + 4 horns, 2 trumpets (B♭), 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, bass drum + strings |
External Links | Tchaikovsky Research |
Extra Information | This piece was orchestrated by Tchaikovsky in September-October 1892 at Sophie Menter's request. The suggestion that this piece was originally written for Menter by Franz Liszt as a "Piano Concerto in the Hungarian Style" is now thought unlikely by most Liszt scholars. |