Symphony No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)

Tchaikovsky's first symphony is entitled " Winter Dreams " (Russian Зимние грёзы, scientific transliteration Zimnie grjozy ), is in the key of G minor and has the opus number 13 was built in 1866.

About the Music

Instrumentation

Two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, timpani, strings

Only in the final: piccolo, three trombones, bass tuba, cymbals, bass drum

Set names

Analysis

First Set

2/4-cycle, sonata form, Tonality: G minor, title: dream of winter travel

Second sentence

4/4-time, seven -part form ( ABCBCBA ) Tonality: E flat major, headline: Land of desolation, land of mists

Third set

3/8 clock, Scherzoform, Key: C minor

Fourth proposition

2/2-Takt, sonata form ( with a slow introduction ), Key: g-Moll/G-Dur

Effect

The symphony was first performed completely on 3 February 1868, conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein. The musician Hans von Bülow praised on the symphony, as well as later with Tchaikovsky's second symphony, whose wealth of melody. Still, " big three ", the first three symphonies of the Russian composer in the shadow of the success of Tchaikovsky, namely the fourth, fifth and sixth symphony.