Tambourin Chinois
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Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3, known in English as Chinese Tambourine or Chinese Drum, is a piece by composer Fritz Kreisler for Violin and Piano. It is one of his most well-known pieces behind his Old Viennese Melodies and Praeludium and Allegro.[1]
| Tambourin Chinois | |
|---|---|
| by Fritz Kreisler | |
Picture of composer | |
| Key | B-flat major |
| Opus | 3 |
| Year | 1910 |
| Duration | 4 minutes |
| Scoring | Violin and Piano |
Composition
The piece is inspired from a performance of traditional Chinese music heard by the composer while they visited San Francisco.[2] As such, the piece is highly inspired by the pentatonic scale, though Kreisler said that he did not take any thematic information from his visit.[3]
