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T Tchaikovsky, Pyotr 1840 - 1893 · Romantic

Romeo and Juliet (overture-fantasia), TH 42

TH Ромео и Джульетта (Romeo i Dzhulyetta)
Romantic B minor Fantasias Overtures 20 minutes

Dedicated to Mily Balakirev.

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Sheet music · public domain · 25 editions Open on IMSLP →
Composed
1869, revised 1870 and 1880
First published
1871-72 — 1st Version ; 1881 — 3rd Version ; 1950 — 2nd Version ; 2nd Version — Berlin: Bote & Bock, St. Petersburg: V. Bessel Full score, 201 pages. Plate 9325. — Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1871 Piano (arr. ), 21 pages. — Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1871 Piano 4 hands (arr. ) — V. Bessel, 1872. 2 pianos (arr. ), 31 pages. Plate 242. — V. Bessel, 1872.; 3rd Version — Berlin: Bote & Bock, St. Petersburg: V. Bessel Full score, 111 pages. — Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1881 Piano (arr. ), 21 pages. Plate 11545. — Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1881 Piano 4 hands (arr. ), 37 pages. Plate 10676. 2 pianos (arr. ). Plate 3205. — St. Petersburg: V. Bessel, 1896 ; 1st Version — Moscow: Muzgiz, 1950. in Complete Collected Works, vol.23. Plate M. 20556 Г. (pp.3–86)
Period
Romantic
Catalogue
TH
Dedication
Mily Balakirev
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1 Andante non troppo—Allegro giusto (448 bars) — 1st Version; Andante non tanto quasi Moderato—Allegro giusto (539 bars) — 2nd Version; Andante non tanto quasi Moderato—Allegro giusto (522 bars) — 3rd Version

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