Romantic · 1871
Andante Cantabile (String Quartet No. 1)
P. I. TchaikovskyOp. 11
- Key
- D
- Time
- C
- Tempo
- ♩=60
- AO focus
- AO3
Incipit
Form
Slow movement of String Quartet No. 1. Folk-tune theme — Tolstoy reportedly wept on hearing it.
Teaching points
- Russian folk-tune source
- Tolstoy anecdote
- Standard string quartet repertoire
Full score ↓Public domain
Jurgenson + later urtext, PD.