Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
This guide follows Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 (1880) in four parts: Pezzo in forma di sonatina. Andante non troppo – Allegro moderato (sonata form), Valse. Moderato – Tempo di valse, Élégie. Larghetto elegiaco and Finale (Tema russo). Andante – Allegro con spirito (sonata form).
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Follow all 34 sections as they play
- IPezzo in forma di . –
- II. –
- III.
- IV ( russo). –
A weighty 36- , marked marcatissimo (always very marked), uses double stops in violins and violas. The then starts with a dancing first , which after a . The follows, with a . This is a , so there is no : the first comes straight back in the in C major, then the , and the ends on a heavy C chord.
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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