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 | Adagio sostenuto |
Date of composition | 1896 (Wrote on October and December 1896) |
First published | 1897 in Moscow, Russia |
Dedicated to | Alexander Viktorovich Zatayevich |
Type | Barcarolle |
Tonality | D-flat Major |
Catalogue | Op. 16 |
Instruments | Piano |
Autotranslations beta |
Sergueï Rachmaninov: Moments Musicaux n°5 en ré bémol majeur, Op. 16 Sergej Vasil'evič Rachmaninov: Moments Musicaux n. 5 in re bemolle maggiore, Op. 16 Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninow: Moments Musicaux Nr. 5 Des-dur, Op. 16 |