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Capriccio Italien op. 45
Pjotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky/arr. Jacco Nefs
Capriccio Italien, Op. 45, is a 15-minute fantasy for orchestra by Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky. Composed between January and May 1880, it premiered on 18 December that year in Moscow with Nikolay Rubinstein conducting the Orchestra of the … Read More
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Capriccio Italien, Op. 45, is a 15-minute fantasy for orchestra by Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky. Composed between January and May 1880, it premiered on 18 December that year in Moscow with Nikolay Rubinstein conducting the Orchestra of the Imperial Russian Musical Society. The dedicatee was cellist Karl Davydov. The work's initial name was Italian Fantasia, after Mikhail Glinka's Spanish pieces. TYhis piece was inspired by a trip Tchaikovsky took to Rome with his brother Modest as respite from the composer's disastrous marriage with Antonina Miliukova. The brothers were there during Carnival, and, despite calling it "a folly," the composer was able to soak up Italian street music and folk songs which he then incorporated into his Capriccio. This enables some "bright primary colors and uncomplicated tunefulness."