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ValseTriste.MID comp by Jean Sibelius, Finland 1904.
Arr. for standard midifile by Aarno Yliselä, Finland -94.

This  popular  Valse  Triste, Op 44/3 is from the incidental music to the play
"Death",  where  the  dying  mother  is  dreaming that she has returned to her
youth, and is attending a ball.  After intensive dancing the music fades - and
death raps three times at the door...

Standard MIDI format doesn´t react to tempo changes. Valse Triste have some so
I have here a rough "tempo map":

Measures
                   1 -  69    105 beats/min
		  70 -  93    130
		  94 - 109    105
  	         110 - 117    130
	         118 - 164    150
	         165 - 176    130
	         177 -        105

A better and more precise way would be listenig some recording over this piece
and so adjusting the tempo.

Valse  Triste  was  arranged  for a small violin orchestra so strings would be
suitable instruments.  All kinds of pianosounds seem also to fit.

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