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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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical nickname
alsoKnownAs Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 "Elvira Madigan"
associatedMedium cinema
concert performance
associatedWithCharacter Elvira Madigan (Hedvig Jensen)
linked to: Elvira Madigan
associatedWithPeriod Classical era
associatedWithSetting 19th-century Scandinavia
associatedWithTheme tragic romance
basedOn true story of tightrope walker Hedvig Jensen (Elvira Madigan)
catalogNumber K. 467
centuryOfComposition 18th century
composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
countryOfFilmOrigin Sweden
culturalImpact increased popularity of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21
filmDirector Bo Widerberg
filmGenre romantic drama
filmMusicBy Antonio Carlos Jobim
Antonio Vivaldi
Frédéric Chopin
Georges Bizet
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
filmReleaseYear 1967
filmStar Pia Degermark
Thommy Berggren
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
popularIn classical concert repertoire
film music compilations
premiereYear 1785
refersTo Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
tonalCenter C major
usedAsFilmSoundtrack yes
usedIn recordings marketed under the film title
television commercials
workType piano concerto
yearNicknamePopularized 1967

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Tåsinge hasCulturalAssociation Elvira Madigan
Swedish cinema notableFilm Elvira Madigan
Elvira Madigan associatedWithCharacter Elvira Madigan (Hedvig Jensen)
linked to: Elvira Madigan
K. 467 secondMovementNickname Elvira Madigan
K. 467 associatedWith film "Elvira Madigan"
linked to: Elvira Madigan