Six moments musicaux (French for "Six Musical Moments"; Russian: Шесть музыкальных моментов, Shest’ muzykál’nykh moméntov), Op. 16, is a set of solo piano pieces composed by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff between October and December, 1896. Each Moment musical reproduces a musical form characteristic of a previous musical era. The forms that appear in Rachmaninoff's incarnation are the nocturne, song without words, barcarolle, virtuoso étude, and theme and variations.
Tempo | Allegretto |
Date of composition | 1896 (Wrote on October and December 1896) |
First published | 1897 in Moscow, Russia |
Dedicated to | Alexander Viktorovich Zatayevich |
Type | Ternary form (Song Form - ABA) |
Tonality | E-flat Minor |
Catalogue | Op. 16 |
Instruments | Piano |
Autotranslations beta |
Sergueï Rachmaninov: Moments musicaux n°2 en mi bémol mineur, Op. 16 Sergej Vasil'evič Rachmaninov: Moments musicaux n. 2 in mi bemolle minore, Op. 16 Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninow: Moments musicaux Nr. 2 es-moll, Op. 16 |