Cello,Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1045555
Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Arranged by Piacere Music Sheets. Instructional,Romantic Period,Standards. Score and part. 7 pages. Piacere Music Sheets #650136. Published by Piacere Music Sheets (A0.1045555).
Opus/Catalog Number: Op.39 ; TH 141, No. 16
Key/Tone: E Minor
Movements/Sections: Molto moderato
Year/Date of Composition: 1878
Difficulty: Grade 3/12 (Easy)
Obs.: This piece is the sixteenth of 24 pieces in Tchaikovsky's Album for the Young. Tchaikovsky's Old French Song was originally composed for the piano in the key of G minor. This score is an arrangement for Cello and piano.
This arrangement features an A-A-B-A-B'-A' musical form:
Section A (measures 1 to 8, repeated 9 to 16): this section is quiet and peaceful
Section B (measures 17 to 24): this central section is a little restless, especially in the piano accompaniment
Section A (measures 25 to 32): the first section returns with its quiet character
Section B' (measures 33 to 40): the restless central section returns, played one octave lower on the violoncello
Section A' (measures 41 to 48): finally, the main section is repeated, this time with the theme played by the piano, with accompaniment by the cello
Included: Full score and separated parts for each instrument.