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Manfred Symphony
Symphony by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
| Manfred Symphony | |
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| Key | B minor |
| Opus | 58 |
| Based on | Manfred |
| Composed | 1885 |
| Published | 1886 |
| Movements | 4 |
| Date | March 23, 1886 (1886-03-23) |
| Location | Moscow |
Manfred is a "Symphony in Four Scenes" in B minor by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, his Opus 58, but unnumbered.
It was written between May and September 1885 to a program based upon the 1817 poem of the same name by Byron, coming after the composer's Fourth Symphony and before his Fifth.
Classical Net Review - Tchaikovsky - Manfred Symphony
Like the fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet, Tchaikovsky wrote Manfred at the behest of the nationalist composer Mily Balakirev, who provided him the program, which had a long history. Critic Vladimir Stasov had written it and sent it to Balakirev in 1868 hoping the latter would write such a symphony.
But Balakirev had felt unable to carry out the project and instead had at first forwarded the program to Fren