Elvira Madigan

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"Elvira Madigan" is the popular nickname for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, derived from its prominent use in the 1967 Swedish film of the same name.

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instanceOf musical nickname
alsoKnownAs Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan" NERFINISHED
associatedMedium cinema
concert performance
associatedWithCharacter Elvira Madigan (Hedvig Jensen) NERFINISHED
associatedWithPeriod Classical era
associatedWithSetting 19th-century Scandinavia
associatedWithTheme tragic romance
basedOn true story of tightrope walker Hedvig Jensen (Elvira Madigan)
catalogNumber K. 467 NERFINISHED
centuryOfComposition 18th century
composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart NERFINISHED
countryOfFilmOrigin Sweden NERFINISHED
culturalImpact increased popularity of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21
filmDirector Bo Widerberg NERFINISHED
filmGenre romantic drama
filmMusicBy Antonio Carlos Jobim NERFINISHED
Antonio Vivaldi NERFINISHED
Frédéric Chopin NERFINISHED
Georges Bizet NERFINISHED
Johann Sebastian Bach NERFINISHED
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart NERFINISHED
filmReleaseYear 1967
filmStar Pia Degermark NERFINISHED
Thommy Berggren NERFINISHED
firstMovementForm sonata form
hasNicknameStatus informal, not original title
hasOpusNumber no
key C major
languageOfFilm Swedish
movementAssociatedWithNickname second movement
movementTempoMarking Andante
nicknameOrigin 1967 Swedish film Elvira Madigan
notableFor lyrical Andante movement
numberOfMovements 3
orchestration piano and orchestra
placeOfFirstPerformance Vienna NERFINISHED
popularIn classical concert repertoire
film music compilations
premiereYear 1785
refersTo Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major NERFINISHED
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 NERFINISHED
tonalCenter C major
usedAsFilmSoundtrack yes
usedIn recordings marketed under the film title
television commercials
workType piano concerto
yearNicknamePopularized 1967

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