Tchaikovsky : Sweet Dreams, Op. 39, No. 21 - Viola

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Sweet Dreams, Op. 39, No. 21

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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Sheet music for : Viola and piano

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Sweet Dreams, Op. 39, No. 21

Douce Rêverie - Album for the Young

This charming piece Sweet Dreams, Op. 39, No. 21 is the twenty-first of 24 pieces in Tchaikovsky's Album for the Young.

Tchaikovsky's Sweet Dreams was originally composed for the piano in the key of C Major.

This short piece Sweet Dreams by Tchaikovsky can be qualified as impressionnist music as it suggests a vaporous, dreamy atmosphere.

It features an A-B-A musical form :
  1. Section A (measures 1 to 16) : this section is calm and peaceful

  2. Section B (measures 17 to 32) : this central section is restless and agitated

  3. Section A (measures 33 to 48) : the first section returns with its quiet character
This score is an arrangement for viola and piano.

It is set in the key of F Major.

The viola part is appropriate for Grade 4 violists.

It is to be played in the first five positions.

Duration : 02:13

Source : Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young [Detskii Albom], Op. 39 (Moscow : P. Jurgenson, 1878).


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