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Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky (Arensky)

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Structure
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{{italic title}}Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a, a piece for string orchestra by Anton Arensky, started out as the slow movement of his String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35, for the unusual scoring of violin, viola, and 2 cellos. It was written in 1894, the year after the death of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in a tribute to that composer.^[1] It was based on the theme from the song "Legend: Christ in His Garden", the fifth of Sixteen Children's Songs, Op. 54.^[2]

Tchaikovsky's song was originally set to a Russian translation by Aleksey Pleshcheyev of an English poem called "Roses and Thorns" by the American poet Richard Henry Stoddard.^[3]^[4]

At the first performance of the quartet, the slow movement was so well received that Arensky soon arranged it as a separate piece for string orchestra, Op. 35a, in which form it has remained among the most popular of all Arensky's works.^[1]^[3]

Structure

The Variations are set out in the following sequence (most in the key of e minor):^[1]

Theme, Moderato
Variation I, Un poco più mosso -
Variation II, Allegro non troppo - It starts with a chord, and sounds of the theme appear in the lower strings.
Variation III, Andantino tranquillo - Now in E major, the theme is persistent in the first violins.
Variation IV, Vivace - This is a lively, movement where the offbeat pizzacato makes up most of this movement.
Variation V, Andante
Variation VI, Allegro con spirito
Variation VII, Andante con moto
Coda: Moderato, - This is a reprise of the theme, with false harmonics in the first 2 measures.

References

1. ^¹²Classical Archives
2. ^Spokane Symphony
3. ^¹Sonic Labyrinth
4. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=RVqafZLoglQC&pg=PA164&lpg=PA164&dq=legend+christ+in+his+garden+pleshcheyev&source=bl&ots=seuJUtOMig&sig=87kkkRO3KwQjPTXulzLYyt9XMoA&hl=en&ei=xq4TTf_oOIewcZ3P3YsK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CC8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=legend%20christ%20in%20his%20garden%20pleshcheyev&f=false Richard D. Sylvester, Tchaikovsky's complete songs: a companion with texts and translations]

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