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''Souvenir de Hapsal'', Op. 2, is a suite of three pieces for
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Max Erdmannsdörfer at Tchaikovsky Research
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''Souvenir de Hapsal'', Op. 2, is a suite of three pieces for piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most pop ...
. It was his first cycle of piano pieces and it was composed in 1867.Souvenir de Hapsal at Tchaikovsky Research/ref>
History
The ''Souvenir de Hapsal'' was written during Tchaikovsky's stay inHapsal
Haapsalu () is a seaside resort town located on the west coast of Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Lääne County, and on 1 January 2020 it had a population of 9,375.
Description
Haapsalu has been well known for centuries for its w ...
, then in the Russian Empire (it is now Haapsalu
Haapsalu () is a seaside resort town located on the west coast of Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Lääne County, and on 1 January 2020 it had a population of 9,375.
Description
Haapsalu has been well known for centuries for its ...
in Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
). He stayed there with his brothers Modest and Anatoly Tchaikovsky as well as members of the Davydov family. He dedicated this work to Vera Davydova.
The three pieces
''Souvenir de Hapsal'' consists of three pieces for the piano: *''Ruines d'un chateau'', E minor *Scherzo, F major *''Chant sans paroles'', F major. The Scherzo was first performed byNikolai Rubinstein
Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein (russian: Николай Григорьевич Рубинштейн; – ) was a Russian pianist, conductor, and composer. He was the younger brother of Anton Rubinstein and a close friend of Pyotr Ilyich Tc ...
on 27 February 1868.
The conductor Max Erdmannsdörfer orchestrated ''Chant sans paroles'', which pleased Tchaikovsky so much that he conducted it himself./ref>
References
1867 compositions Compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Compositions for solo piano Suites (music) Music dedicated to family or friends {{classical-composition-stub