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"The overture will be very showy and noisy, but will have no artistic merit because I wrote it without warmth and without love. But the Serenade, on the contrary, I wrote from inner compulsion. This is a piece from the heart."
So Tchaikovsky wrote to his patron Nadezhda von Meck. He was speaking of the 1812 Overture and the String Serenade.
The inspiration for the String Serenade was none other than Mozart. Tchaikovsky was a Mozart fanatic. Tchaikovsky wanted to write a serenade which emulated Mozart's style.
With this in mind we can hear the master behind the master even if Tchaikovsky requires more instruments to accommodate the music.
When I listen to this opening movement I think that Elgar must have been a fan of Tchaikovsky's serenade. To my ears Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for Strings sounds like an homage to Tchaikovsky.
I have no evidence to support that Elgar was influenced by Tchaikovsky.
The classical music world is full of creations wherein one composer pays a debt of gratitude to another. Here we have Tchaikovsky lowering himself on bended knee at the altar of Mozart.
He wasn't the only Russian composer to pay his respects to the Austrians of the classical period. We shall have to include Prokofiev as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsGRglp6tvs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7u89h7arlU
"The overture will be very showy and noisy, but will have no artistic merit because I wrote it without warmth and without love. But the Serenade, on the contrary, I wrote from inner compulsion. This is a piece from the heart."
So Tchaikovsky wrote to his patron Nadezhda von Meck. He was speaking of the 1812 Overture and the String Serenade.
The inspiration for the String Serenade was none other than Mozart. Tchaikovsky was a Mozart fanatic. Tchaikovsky wanted to write a serenade which emulated Mozart's style.
With this in mind we can hear the master behind the master even if Tchaikovsky requires more instruments to accommodate the music.
When I listen to this opening movement I think that Elgar must have been a fan of Tchaikovsky's serenade. To my ears Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for Strings sounds like an homage to Tchaikovsky.
I have no evidence to support that Elgar was influenced by Tchaikovsky.
The classical music world is full of creations wherein one composer pays a debt of gratitude to another. Here we have Tchaikovsky lowering himself on bended knee at the altar of Mozart.
He wasn't the only Russian composer to pay his respects to the Austrians of the classical period. We shall have to include Prokofiev as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsGRglp6tvs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7u89h7arlU