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After the second performance, Tchaikovsky wrote, "I have come to the conclusion that it is a failure". Despite this, the symphony has gone on to become one of the composer's most popular works. The second movement, in particular, is considered to be classic Tchaikovsky: well crafted, colorfully orchestrated, and with a memorable melody for solo ...
Warrack, John, Tchaikovsky Symphonies and Concertos (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1969). Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 78-105437. Warrack, John, Tchaikovsky (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973). SBN 684-13558-2. Wiley, Roland John, Tchaikovsky's Ballets (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1985). ISBN 0-19-816249-9
Legend" (Russian: Легенда, Legenda), Op. 54, No. 5 (also known as "The Crown of Roses" in some English-language sources) [1] is a composition by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Originally written in 1883 as a song for solo voice and piano, it was subsequently arranged by Tchaikovsky for solo voice and orchestra (1884), and then for ...
The Variations on a Rococo Theme, [a] Op. 33, for cello and orchestra was the closest Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ever came to writing a full concerto for cello and orchestra. The style was inspired by Mozart, Tchaikovsky's role model, and makes it clear that Tchaikovsky admired the Classical style very much.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The Marche slave, also Marche slav (French pronunciation: [maʁʃ(ə) slav]) in B-flat minor, Op. 31, is an orchestral tone poem by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky published in 1876. It was written to celebrate Russia's intervention in the Serbo-Ottoman War.
Undina (sometimes Undine or Ondine) (Russian: Ундина listen ⓘ) is an opera in three acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The work was composed in 1869. The work was composed in 1869. The libretto was written by Vladimir Sollogub , and is based on Vasily Zhukovsky 's translation of Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué 's novella Ondine .
Manfred is a "Symphony in Four Scenes" in B minor by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, his Opus 58, but unnumbered.It was written between May and September 1885 to a program based upon the 1817 poem of the same name by Byron, coming after the composer's Fourth Symphony and before his Fifth.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, circa 1875; portrait by Charles Reutlinger. Capriccio italien, Op. 45, is a 15-minute fantasy for orchestra by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.Composed between January and May 1880, it premiered on 18 December that year (New System) in Moscow with Nikolay Rubinstein conducting the Orchestra of the Imperial Russian Musical Society. [1]