Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32

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Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 is a symphonic fantasy by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky inspired by the tragic love story from Dante’s Divine Comedy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf symphonic poem ⓘ
basedOn Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy ⓘ
story of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta ⓘ
catalogueNumber TH 46 ⓘ
composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
dateComposed 1876 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Sergei Taneyev ⓘ
depicts storm in the second circle of Hell ⓘ
tragic love of Francesca and Paolo ⓘ
duration approximately 25 minutes ⓘ
firstPublisher P. Jurgenson ⓘ
genre program music ⓘ
symphonic fantasy ⓘ
hasInstrumentation piccolo, flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, strings ⓘ
hasMovement single continuous movement ⓘ
inspiredBy Dante Alighieri ⓘ
Richard Wagner's music dramas ⓘ
key E minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
literarySourcePart Inferno, Canto V ⓘ
notableFeature intense dramatic contrasts ⓘ
use of leitmotif-like thematic transformation ⓘ
virtuosic writing for woodwinds and strings ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 32 ⓘ
orchestration large Romantic orchestra ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
placeComposed Bayreuth ⓘ
Moscow ⓘ
premiereConductor Nikolai Rubinstein ⓘ
premiereCountry Russia ⓘ
premiereDate February 25, 1877 ⓘ
premiereOrchestra Moscow Russian Musical Society Orchestra ⓘ
premierePlace Moscow ⓘ
publicationPlace Moscow ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer Hamlet Overture-Fantasy ⓘ
Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy ⓘ
structure slow introduction and fast main section ⓘ
style late-Romantic Russian symphonic style ⓘ
subject Francesca da Rimini (Dante character) ⓘ
linked to: Francesca da Rimini

Paolo Malatesta ⓘ
adulterous love ⓘ
eternal damnation ⓘ
title Francesca da Rimini ⓘ
workType single-movement orchestral work ⓘ

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Tchaikovsky orchestral repertoire → includesWork → Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 ⓘ
Eduard Nápravník → notableWork → Francesca da Rimini (opera) ⓘ
linked to: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
Francesca da Rimini → inspiredWork → tone poem "Francesca da Rimini" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
linked to: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32