Etude
Étude · in D♭ major · Op. 11, No. 4
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1844–1908
D♭ major
Key
Étude
Form
Op. 11, No. 4
Catalogue
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Themes & character
Closes the Op. 11 set·Technical study·Rich flat key·Composed 1870s
At a glance
- Catalogue
- Op. 11, No. 4
- Key
- D♭ major
- Form
- Étude
About the piece
The fourth and final piece of Rimsky-Korsakov's Op. 11, cast in the rich flat key of D♭ major and in a lilting triple meter rather than the driving figuration an etude title might suggest.
It closes a set that stands slightly apart from the composer's main body of work, an excursion into the domestic piano repertoire by a composer whose real subject was the orchestra.
The composer
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
1844–1908
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five. His best-known orchestral compositions—Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade—are staples of the classical music repertoire, along with suites and excerpts from some of his fifteen operas. Scheherazade is an example of his frequent use of fairy-tale and folk subjects. He was the husband of the composer Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova.
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