Swan Lake: Three Solos from the Ballet for Violin and Piano

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

ISBN 10: 1581067186 / ISBN 13: 9781581067187

Published by Lauren Keiser Music, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Swan Lake: Three Solos from the Ballet for Violin and Piano
• Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1581067186
• ISBN 13: 9781581067187
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Concertmaster solos in Tchaikovsky's music take a prominent place. His third and fourth Suite (Mozartiana) and the second movement of the Piano Concerto No. 2 feature the solo violin. In the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg, the violin solos were performed by the Solo Violinist of the Tsar, a title bestowed by the tsar upon the finest violinists in all of Russia. As the ballet solos were performed by the likes of Henri Wieniawski and Leopold Auer, the composers gave free reign to their creative inspiration and wrote some of their most gorgeous lyrical and virtuoso music for solo violin. The White Swan Pas de deux and the Black Swan Pas de deux are of extraordinary beauty expressing love and impending drama. The Russian Dance is a virtuoso showpiece foreshadowing the last movement of the composer's violin concerto.