Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | introduction, theme, 7 or 8 variations, coda |
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Composition Year | 1876 A ; 1876–77 B (standard version, edited by Fitzenhagen) |
Genre Categories | Variations; For cello, orchestra; Scores featuring the cello; |
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Work Title | Variations on a Rococo Theme |
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Alternative. Title | Вариации на тему рококо |
Name Translations | Rococovariaties; Variacions sobre un tema rococó; Variaciones sobre un tema rococó; Variations sur un thème Rococo; ロココの主題による変奏曲; |
Name Aliases | Variaciones sobre un tema rococo; Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 |
Authorities | WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 300658039; LCCN: n81076997; GND: 300034172; BNF: 13910166j |
Composer | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.33 ; TH 57 ; CW 59 |
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IPT 143 |
Key | A major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | A introduction, theme, 8 variations:
B introduction, theme, 7 variations:
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1876 A ; 1876–77 B (standard version, edited by Fitzenhagen) |
First Performance. | 1877-12-18 — Moscow, Russian Musical Society B
1941-04-24 — Moscow, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall A
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First Publication. | 1878, 1889 B — Moscow: P. Jurgenson. |
Dedication | Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (1848–1890) |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 20 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | cello, orchestra |
InstrDetail | 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, strings |
External Links | Tchaikovsky Research Wikipedia article All Music Guide Scores at Sheet Music Plus |
Extra Information | Also arranged by Tchaikovsky for cello and piano, 1876 The full score and piano reduction of B were the only versions published during Tchaikovsky's lifetime, although privately the composer expressed dissatisfaction with Fitzenhagen's alterations in the variation order and the cutting of the final variation. The piece was written for Fitzenhagen. Until fairly recently, this Fitzenhagen version was the only one known in the west. |