andante cantabile by pjotr tchaikovsky euphonium & piano (print) The string quartet was composed

The string quartet was composed in February 1871 and premiered in Moscow the following month

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The text is based on a poem by Paul Verlaine from his 1874 collection Romances sans paroles

Music samples of Baroque ornamentations (pdf)

The famous «Andante Cantabile» originally forms the 2nd movement of Tchaikovsky’s «String Quartet Nr

andante cantabile by pjotr tchaikovsky euphonium & piano (print) The string quartet was composedThe famous Andante Cantabile originally forms the 2nd movement of Tchaikovskys String Quartet Nr. 1 in D major (Op. 11). The string quartet was composed in February 1871 and premiered in Moscow the following month. The work is often performed in a solo version and Tchaikovsky himself made an arrangement of this movement for cello and string orchestra in 1888. Also available as PDF download