Capriccio Espagnol
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Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34, is the common Western title for a five movement orchestral suite, based on Spanish folk melodies, composed by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1887. It received its premiere on 31 October 1887, in St. Petersburg, performed by the Imperial Orchestra conducted by the composer.[1] Rimsky-Korsakov originally intended to write the work for a solo violin with orchestra, but later decided that a purely orchestral work would do better justice to the lively melodies. The Russian title is Каприччио на испанские темы (literally, Capriccio on Spanish Themes).
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Capriccio espagnol | |
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Orchestral suite by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | |
Native name | Russian: Каприччио на испанские темы |
Opus | 34 |
Composed | 1887 (1887) |
Movements | five |
Scoring | orchestra |
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