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Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
ISRC
ATL332609346
Recorded
Abbey Road Studios, 2019
Tempo (BPM)
60
Key
C minor

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A solo string voice opens at 0:02 in C minor — melancholic, poignant, and deeply longing from the very first note. The full string orchestra layers in gradually, building through increasingly sweeping, romantic passages to a powerful, emotionally charged climax at 1:37 before the music settles back to quiet, reflective resolution. Somber, dramatic, and timelessly affecting throughout.

Tchaikovsky: Serenade Elegie is an orchestral piece for string orchestra and solo violin in C minor at 60 BPM. Melancholically poignant, dramatically romantic, and sweepingly somber — energy at 6/10 — it is suited to historical drama closing scenes, documentaries on loss or remembrance, funeral or memorial scene underscores, luxury brand films, slow-motion tragic montages, character backstory reveals, theatrical drama trailers, and non-profit fundraising videos where Tchaikovsky's profound string writing carries the full emotional gravity of the scene.

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Rights at a glance: Serenade for Strings (Waltz, Élégie)

The composition
Public domain — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in 1893, beyond the usual life-plus-70-year term; territory-specific exceptions should be checked. Anyone may perform, arrange or re-record the work itself.
This recording
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