I was listening again today to Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto. It is well known because of its dramatic and melodious introduction. But after the first (less than) three minutes this theme dissipates and as far as I can hear it never surfaces again in the concerto. In fact, it seems to me that the concerto could have been improved by leaving out the first three minutes, because the themes introduced after that seem to be developed. Now I am wondering whether ol' Piotr had stuck the introduction onto the concerto well after he had completed it. Any thoughts on this? Gerhard *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html