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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most pop ...
wrote several works well-known to the general classical public: '' Romeo and Juliet'', the '' 1812 Overture'', and the ballets ''The Nutcracker
''The Nutcracker'' ( rus, Щелкунчик, Shchelkunchik, links=no ) is an 1892 two-act ballet (""; russian: балет-феерия, link=no, ), originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchai ...
'', '' Swan Lake'' and '' The Sleeping Beauty''. These, along with two of his four concertos
A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The ty ...
, three of his symphonies and two of his ten operas, are among his most familiar works. Almost as popular are the ''Manfred'' Symphony, '' Francesca da Rimini'', the ''Capriccio Italien
The ''Capriccio Italien'', Op. 45, is a fantasy for orchestra composed between January and May 1880 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It premiered 18 December, 1880 (New System) in Moscow, conducted by Nikolay Rubinstein.Serenade for Strings.
* No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, ''Winter Daydreams'' (1866)
* No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, ''Little Russian'' (1872)
* No. 3 in D major, Op. 29, ''Polish'' (1875)
* No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (1877–1878)
* ''Manfred'' Symphony, B minor, Op. 58; inspired by
Works by opus number
Works withopus number
In musicology, the opus number is the "work number" that is assigned to a musical composition, or to a set of compositions, to indicate the chronological order of the composer's production. Opus numbers are used to distinguish among composit ...
s are listed in this section, together with their dates of composition. For a complete list of Tchaikovsky's works, including those without opus numbers, see here. For more detail on dates of composition, see here.
*Op. 1 Two Pieces for piano (1867)
**'' Scherzo à la russe'' in B major
**''Impromptu'' in E minor
*Op. 2 '' Souvenir de Hapsal'', 3 pieces for piano (1867)
*Op. 3 '' The Voyevoda'', opera (1868)
*Op. 4 Valse-caprice in D major
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The D major scale is:
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, for piano (1868)
*Op. 5 Romance in F minor
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, for piano (1868)
*Op. 6 6 Romances (1869), including " None but the lonely heart"
*Op. 7 Valse-scherzo in A, for piano (1870)
*Op. 8 Capriccio in G, for piano (1870)
*Op. 9 3 Morceaux, for piano (1870)
**''1. Rêverie''
**''2. Polka de salon''
**''3. Mazurka de salon''
*Op. 10 2 Morceaux, for piano (1871)
**''1. Nocturne''
**''2. Humoresque''
*Op. 11 String Quartet No. 1 in D (1871)
*Op. 12 ''Snegurochka'' (''The Snow Maiden''), incidental music (1873)
*Op. 13 Symphony No. 1 in G minor ''Winter Daydreams'' (1866)
*Op. 14 ''Vakula the Smith
''Vakula the Smith'' (russian: Кузнец Вакула, Kuznéts Vakúla, Smith Vakula ), Op. 14, is a Ukrainian-themed opera in 3 acts, 8 scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto was written by Yakov Polonsky and is based on Nikolai G ...
'', (revised as '' Cherevichki''), opera (1874)
*Op. 15 Festival Overture in D on the Danish National Anthem, for orchestra (1866)
*Op. 16 6 Songs (1872)
**''No. 1'' Lullaby ''(Cradle Song)''
**''No. 2'' Wait!
**''No. 3'' Accept Just Once
**''No. 4'' O, Sing That Song
**''No. 5'' So What?
**''No. 6'' Modern Greek Song
*Op. 17 Symphony No. 2 in C minor ''Little Russian'' (1872)
*Op. 18 '' The Tempest'', symphonic fantasia in F minor, after Shakespeare
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(1873)
*Op. 19 6 Pieces, for piano (1873)
**1. Rêverie du soir ечерние грезы(G minor)
**2. Scherzo humoristique мористическое скерцо(D major)
**3. Feuillet d'album исток из альбома(D major)
**4. Nocturne октюрн(C minor)
**5. Capriccioso априччиозо(B major)
**6. Thème original et variations ема и вариации(F major)
*Op. 20 '' Swan Lake'', ballet (1876)
*Op. 21 6 Morceaux on a single theme, for piano (1873)
*Op. 22 String Quartet No. 2 in F (1874)
*Op. 23 Piano Concerto No. 1 in B minor (1875)
*Op. 24 ''Eugene Onegin
''Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse'' (Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Евгений Оне́гин, ромáн в стихáх, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈnʲeɡʲɪn, r=Yevgeniy Onegin, roman v stikhakh) is ...
'', opera (1878)
*Op. 25 6 Songs (1874)
**''No. 1'' Reconciliation
**''No. 2'' As When Upon Hot Ashes ''(Over Burning Ashes)''
**''No. 3'' Mignon's Song
**''No. 4'' The Canary
**''No. 5'' I Never Spoke To Her
**''No. 6'' As They Repeated: "Fool"
*Op. 26 ''Sérénade mélancolique'' in B minor, for violin and orchestra (1875)
*Op. 27 6 Songs (1875)
*Op. 28 6 Songs (1875)
*Op. 29 Symphony No. 3 in D ''Polish'' (1875)
*Op. 30 String Quartet No. 3 in E minor (1876)
*Op. 31 ''Marche slave'' in B minor, for orchestra (1876)
*Op. 32 '' Francesca da Rimini'', symphonic fantasia in E minor, after Dante Alighieri
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(1876)
*Op. 33 Variations on a Rococo Theme in A, for cello and orchestra (1876)
*Op. 34 Valse-scherzo in C for violin and orchestra (1877)
*Op. 35 Violin Concerto in D major (1878)
*Op. 36 Symphony No. 4 in F minor (1877)
*Op. 37 (or 37a) Grand Piano Sonata in G (1878)
*Op. 37a (or 37b) '' The Seasons'', 12 pieces for piano (1876)
*# January: At the fireside
*# February: Carnival
*# March: Song of the Lark
*# April: Snowdrop
*# May: Starlit Nights
*# June: Barcarolle
*# July: Song of the Reaper
*# August: Harvest
*# September: The Hunt
*# October: Autumn Song
*# November: Troika
*# December: Christmas
*Op. 38 6 Songs (1878)
*Op. 39 ''Album pour enfants'', 24 pieces for piano (1878)
*# Morning Prayer
*# Winter Morning
*# Playing Hobby-Horses
*# Mama
*# March of the Wooden Soldiers
*# The New Doll
*# The Sick Doll
*# The Doll's Funeral
*# Waltz
*# Polka
*# Mazurka
*# Russian Song
*# The Harmonica Player
*# Kamarinskaya
*# Peasant Prelude
*# Italian song
*# Old French Song
*# German Song
*# Nanny's Story
*# The Sorcerer
*# Sweet Dreams
*# Lark Song
*# In Church
*# The Song of the Organ-Grinder
*Op. 40 12 Morceaux de difficulté moyenne, for piano (1878)
*#Etude: Allegro giusto (G major)
*#Chanson triste: Allegro non troppo (G minor)
*#Marche funèbre: Tempo di Marcia funebre (C minor)
*#Mazurka: Tempo di Mazurka (C major)
*#Mazurka: Tempo di Mazurka (D major)
*#Chant sans paroles: Allegro moderato: (A minor)
*#Au village: Andante sostenuto: (A minor–C major)
*#Valse: Tempo di Valse (A♭ major)
*#Valse: Tempo di Valse (F♯ minor)
*#Danse russe: Andantino (A minor)
*#Scherzo: Allegro vivacissimo (D minor)
*#Rêverie interrompue: Andante un poco rubato e con molto espressione (A♭ major)
*Op. 41 Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, for unaccompanied chorus (1878)
*Op. 42 '' Souvenir d'un lieu cher'', 3 pieces for violin and piano (1878)
*Op. 43 Orchestral Suite No. 1 in D minor (1879)
*Op. 44 Piano Concerto No. 2 in G (1880)
*Op. 45 ''Capriccio Italien'' in A, for orchestra (1880)
*Op. 46 6 Vocal duets, with piano (1880)
*Op. 47 7 Songs (1880)
*#If Only I Had Known
*#Softly the Spirit Flew up to Heaven
*#Dusk Fell on the Earth
*#Sleep, Poor Friend
*#I Bless You, Forests
*#Does the Day Reign?
*#Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass in the Meadow?
*Op. 48 Serenade in C for Strings (1880)
*Op. 49 '' 1812 Overture'' (1880)
*Op. 50 Piano Trio in A minor (1882)
*Op. 51 6 Pieces, for piano (1882)
*#Valse de salon (A major)
*#Polka peu dansante (B minor)
*#Menuetto scherzoso (E major)
*#Natha-Valse (A major)
*#Romance (F major)
*#Valse sentimentale (F minor)
*Op. 52 ''All-Night Vigil The All-night vigil is a service of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches consisting of an aggregation of the canonical hours of Compline (in Greek usage only), Vespers (or, on a few occasions, Great Compline), Matins, and the F ...
'' for unaccompanied chorus (1882)
*Op. 53 Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C (1883)
*Op. 54 16 Children's songs (1883; the 5th song ''Legend
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'' was the basis of Anton Arensky's '' Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky'', Op. 35a)
*Op. 55 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G (1884)
*Op. 56 Concert Fantasia in G, for piano and orchestra (1884)
*Op. 57 6 Songs (1884)
*Op. 58 ''Manfred'' Symphony in B minor (1885)
*Op. 59 Dumka in C minor, for piano (1886)
*Op. 60 12 Songs (1886)
**''No. 6'' Wild Nights ''(Frenzied Nights)''
**''No. 7'' Gypsy's Song
**''No. 12'' Gentle Stars Shone For Us ''(The Mild Stars Shone For Us)''
*Op. 61 Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana" (1887)
*Op. 62 ''Pezzo capriccioso'' in B minor, for cello and orchestra (or piano) (1887)
*Op. 63 6 Romances on words by K. Romanov (1887)
**''No. 1'' I Didn't Love You At First сначала тебя не любила**''No. 2'' I Opened The Window 'Растворил я окно'
**''No. 3'' I Do Not Please You 'Я вам не нравлюсь'
**''No. 4'' The First Meeting 'Первое свидание'
**''No. 5'' The Fires In The Rooms Were Already Out 'Уж гасли в комнатах огни'
**''No. 6'' Serenade: O Child! Beneath Your Window еренада ''(О, дитя! под окошком твоим)'
*Op. 64 Symphony No. 5 in E minor (1888)
*Op. 65 6 Songs on French texts (1888) (No. 2 ''Déception'', No. 3 ''Sérénade'' (''"J'aime dans le rayon"''), No. 4 ''Qu'importe que l'hiver'', No. 6 ''Rondel'', all on poems by Paul Collin)
*Op. 66 '' The Sleeping Beauty'', ballet (1889)
*Op. 67a ''Hamlet
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'', fantasy overture in F minor (1889)
*Op. 67b ''Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'', incidental music (1891)
*Op. 68 '' The Queen of Spades'', opera
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(1890)
*Op. 69 '' Iolanta'', opera (1891)
*Op. 70 String Sextet in D minor ''Souvenir de Florence'' (1890)
*Op. 71 ''The Nutcracker
''The Nutcracker'' ( rus, Щелкунчик, Shchelkunchik, links=no ) is an 1892 two-act ballet (""; russian: балет-феерия, link=no, ), originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchai ...
'', ballet (1892)
*Op. 71a ''The Nutcracker
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'', suite from the ballet (1892)
*Op. 72 18 Pieces, for piano (1893)
*Op. 73 Romances (6 Songs) (1893)
*Op. 74 Symphony No. 6 in B minor ''Pathétique'' (1893)
''Opp. 75–80 were published posthumously.''
*Op. 75 Piano Concerto No. 3 in E (1893)
*Op. 76 '' The Storm'', overture in E minor (1864)
*Op. 77 '' Fatum'', symphonic poem in C minor (1868)
*Op. 78 '' The Voyevoda'', symphonic ballad in A minor (1893; unrelated to the earlier opera of the same name, Op. 3)
*Op. 79 Andante and Finale
The ''Andante and Finale'' is a composition for piano and orchestra that was reworked by Sergei Taneyev from sketches by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky for the abandoned latter movements of his single-movement Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 75.
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, for piano and orchestra (1893; this was Sergei Taneyev
Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Тане́ев, ; – ) was a Russian composer, pianist, teacher of composition, music theorist and author.
Life
Taneyev was born in Vladimir, Vladimir Governorate, Russia ...
's idea of what Tchaikovsky might have written had he used three of the movements of the abandoned Symphony in E, rather than just the first movement ''Allegro brillante'', when rescoring the symphony as the Piano Concerto No. 3 in E)
*Op. 80 Piano Sonata No. 2 in C minor (1865)
Works by genre
Ballets
* '' Swan Lake'', Op. 20 (1875–76) * '' The Sleeping Beauty'', Op. 66 (1889) * ''The Nutcracker
''The Nutcracker'' ( rus, Щелкунчик, Shchelkunchik, links=no ) is an 1892 two-act ballet (""; russian: балет-феерия, link=no, ), originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchai ...
'', Op. 71 (1892)
Operas
* '' The Voyevoda'' (''Воевода – TheVoivode
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'', Op. 3, 1867–1868)Not related to the much later symphonic ballad '' The Voyevoda'', Op. 78.
* '' Undina'' (''Ундина'' or ''Undine'', 1869, not completed)
* '' The Oprichnik'' (''Опричник''), 1870–1872
* ''Vakula the Smith
''Vakula the Smith'' (russian: Кузнец Вакула, Kuznéts Vakúla, Smith Vakula ), Op. 14, is a Ukrainian-themed opera in 3 acts, 8 scenes, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto was written by Yakov Polonsky and is based on Nikolai G ...
'' (''Кузнец Вакула'' or ''Kuznets Vakula''), Op. 14, 1874Revised later as ''Cherevichki''
* ''Eugene Onegin
''Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse'' (Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Евгений Оне́гин, ромáн в стихáх, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈnʲeɡʲɪn, r=Yevgeniy Onegin, roman v stikhakh) is ...
'' (''Евгений Онегин'' or ''Yevgeny Onegin''), Op. 24, 1877–1878
* '' The Maid of Orleans'' (''Орлеанская дева'' or ''Orleanskaya deva''), 1878–1879
* '' Mazepa (or Mazeppa)'' (''Мазепа''), 1881–1883
* '' Cherevichki'' (''Черевички''; revision of ''Vakula the Smith'') 1885
* '' The Enchantress'' (or ''The Sorceress'', ''Чародейка'' or ''Charodeyka''), 1885–1887
* '' The Queen of Spades'' (''Пиковая дама'' or ''Pikovaya dama''), Op. 68, 1890
* '' Iolanta'' (''Иоланта''), Op. 69, 1891Originally performed on a double-bill with ''The Nutcracker
''The Nutcracker'' ( rus, Щелкунчик, Shchelkunchik, links=no ) is an 1892 two-act ballet (""; russian: балет-феерия, link=no, ), originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchai ...
''
Byron
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's poem '' Manfred'' (1885)
* No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (1888)
* Symphony in E (sketched 1892 but abandoned; Tchaikovsky rescored its first movement as the Piano Concerto No. 3 in E; posthumously, Taneyev rescored two other movements for piano and orchestra as the ''Andante and Finale
The ''Andante and Finale'' is a composition for piano and orchestra that was reworked by Sergei Taneyev from sketches by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky for the abandoned latter movements of his single-movement Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 75.
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''; the symphony was reconstructed during the 1950s and subsequently published as "Symphony No. 7")
* No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, ''Pathétique'' (1893)
Concertos and concertante pieces
* Piano Concerto No. 1 in B minor, Op. 23 (1874–75) * ''Sérénade mélancolique
The ''Sérénade mélancolique'' in B-flat minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 26 (Russian: ''Меланхолическая серенада''), was written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in February 1875. It was his first work for violin and orc ...
'', Op. 26, for violin and orchestra (1875)
* Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra, Op. 33 (1876–77)
* '' Valse-Scherzo'' for violin and orchestra, Op. 34
* Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (1878)
* Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 (1879–80)
* '' Concert Fantasia'' in G for piano and orchestra, Op. 56 (1884)
* '' Pezzo capriccioso'', Op. 62, for cello and Orchestra (1888)
* Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Op. posth. 75 (1893)
* ''Andante and Finale
The ''Andante and Finale'' is a composition for piano and orchestra that was reworked by Sergei Taneyev from sketches by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky for the abandoned latter movements of his single-movement Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 75.
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'' for piano and orchestra, Op. posth. 79 (1893)
** This was Sergei Taneyev
Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Тане́ев, ; – ) was a Russian composer, pianist, teacher of composition, music theorist and author.
Life
Taneyev was born in Vladimir, Vladimir Governorate, Russia ...
's idea of what Tchaikovsky might have written had he used three of the movements of the abandoned Symphony in E, rather than just the first movement ''Allegro brillante'', when rescoring the symphony as the Piano Concerto No. 3 in E
* Cello Concerto (conjectural work based in part on a 60-bar fragment found on the back of the rough draft for the last movement of the composer's Sixth Symphony).
* Concertstück for Flute and Strings, TH 247 Op. posth. (1893)
Other orchestral works
* Ode an die Freude ( Schiller), für SATB Solo, SATB und großes Orchester (1865)Program music and commissioned pieces
* '' The Storm'', Op. posth. 76 (1864) * ''Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem
During his time at the Moscow Conservatoire around September 1866, the school's principal, Nikolay Rubinstein commissioned Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to compose a ''Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem'' to be played for the visit of the ...
'', Op. 15 (1866)
* '' ''Fatum'''', Op. posth. 77 (1868)
* '' Romeo and Juliet'' (1870, revised 1880)
* '' The Tempest'', Op. 18 (1873)
* ''Marche Slave
The ''Marche slave'' () 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 Serbian-Ottoman War.
Titling
It has been published variou ...
'', Op. 31 (1876)
* '' Francesca da Rimini'', Op. 32 (1876)
* ''Capriccio Italien
The ''Capriccio Italien'', Op. 45, is a fantasy for orchestra composed between January and May 1880 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It premiered 18 December, 1880 (New System) in Moscow, conducted by Nikolay Rubinstein.1812 Overture'', Op. 49 (1882)
* '' Festival Coronation March'' (1883)
* ''
* ''Dmitri the Pretender and Vassily Shuisky'' (1867), incidental music to Alexander Ostrovsky's play ''Dmitri the Pretender''
* ''The Snow Maiden'' (''Snegurochka''), Op. 12 (1873), incidental music for Ostrovsky's play of the same name. Ostrovsky adapted and dramatized a popular Russian fairy tale, and the score that Tchaikovsky wrote for it was always one of his own favorite works. It contains much
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'', Op. 67a (1889)
* '' The Voyevoda'', Op. posth. 78 (1891)
Orchestral suites and Serenade
* Orchestral Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op. 43 (1878–1879) * Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C major, Op. 53 (1883) * Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55 (1884) * Orchestral Suite No. 4 in G major ''"Mozartiana"'', Op. 61 (1887) * Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 (1880)vocal music
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, but it is not a cantata or an opera
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.
* ''Montenegrins Receiving News of Russia's Declaration of War on Turkey'' (1880), music for a tableau.
* ''The Voyevoda'' (1886), incidental music for the ''Domovoy'' scene from Ostrovsky's ''A Dream on the Volga''
* ''Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'', Op. 67b (1891), incidental music for Shakespeare's play. The score uses music borrowed from Tchaikovsky's overture of the same name, as well as from his Symphony No. 3, and from ''The Snow Maiden'', in addition to original music that he wrote specifically for a stage production of ''Hamlet''. The two vocal selections are a song that Ophelia
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sings in the throes of her madness and a song for the First Gravedigger to sing as he goes about his work.
Piano
*Two Pieces, Op. 1 (1867) **'' Scherzo à la russe'' **''Impromptu'' *'' Souvenir de Hapsal'', Op. 2, 3 pieces (1867) *''Valse-caprice'' in D major, Op. 4 (1868) *Romance in F minor, Op. 5 (1868) *''Valse-scherzo'' in A, Op. 7 (1870) *Capriccio in G, Op. 8 (1870) *3 Morceaux, Op. 9 (1870) **''1. Rêverie'' **''2. Polka de salon'' **''3. Mazurka de salon'' *2 Morceaux, Op. 10 (1871) **''1. Nocturne'' **''2. Humoresque'' *6 Pieces, Op. 19 (1873) **1. Rêverie du soir ечерние грезы(G minor) **2. Scherzo humoristique мористическое скерцо(D major) **3. Feuillet d'album исток из альбом(D major) **4. Nocturne октюрн(C minor) **5. Capriccioso априччиозо(B major) **6. Thème original et variations ема и вариации(F major) *6 Morceaux, Op. 21 (1873) * '' The Seasons (Les saisons)'', Op. 37a (1876), 12 pieces * Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 37 (1878) *''Album pour enfants'', Op. 39, 24 pieces for piano (1878) *12 Morceaux de difficulté moyenne, Op. 40 (1878) * Six Morceaux, Op. 51 (1882) * ''Dumka'', Russian rustic scene in C minor for piano, Op. 59 (1886) * 18 Morceaux for piano, Op. 72 (1892). Some of these pieces were used in a cello concerto arrangement byGaspar Cassadó
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.
* Piano Sonata No. 2 in C minor, Op. posth. 80 (1865)
Chamber music
* Adagio molto in E major for string quartet and harp (1863/64) * String Quartet in B major, Op. posth. (1865) * String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 (1871) * String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 22 (1874) * String Quartet No. 3 in E minor, Op. 30 (1876) * '' Souvenir d'un lieu cher'' (''Memory of a Cherished Place'') for violin and piano, Op. 42 (Meditation, Scherzo and Melody) (1878) * Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 (1882) * String Sextet in D minor ('' Souvenir de Florence''), Op. 70 (1890)Choral music
A considerable quantity of choral music (about 25 items), including: * ''Cantata (Hymn) on the Occasion of the Celebration of the 50th Jubilee of the Singer Osip Afanasievich Petrov'', tenor, chorus and orchestra, words by Nikolay Nekrasov (1875; performed at the St Petersburg Conservatory on 6 May 1876, under the conductor Karl Davydov) * A Hymn to the Trinity (1877) * Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41 (1878) * ''All-Night Vigil The All-night vigil is a service of the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic churches consisting of an aggregation of the canonical hours of Compline (in Greek usage only), Vespers (or, on a few occasions, Great Compline), Matins, and the F ...
'', Op. 52 (1881)
* ''Moscow
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'' (1883)
* ''9 Sacred Pieces'' (alternative name: ''9 Church Pieces'') (1884–85)
* ''Legend
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'' (choral arrangement of song Op. 54 No. 5, written 1889, published 1890)
Arrangements of the works of othersJohn Warrack, ''Tchaikovsky'', Comprehensive List of Works, p. 279
See also
*Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in popular media
This article lists appearances of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in popular media (e.g. films, drama music or otherwise).
Films Biographical
*Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht' (1939, Germany; released in the US as "It Was a Gay Ballnight" ...
References
Notes
Bibliography
* ed Abraham, Gerald, ''Music of Tchaikovsky'' (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1946). ISBN n/a. ** Abraham, Gerald, "Operas and Incidental Music" ** Alshvang, A., tr. I. Freiman, "The Songs" ** Cooper, Martin, "The Symphonies" ** Dickinson, A.E.F., "The Piano Music" ** Evans, Edwin, "The Ballets" ** Mason, Colin, "The Chamber Music" ** Wood, Ralph W., "Miscellaneous Orchestral Works" * Brown, David, ed. Stanley Sadie, "Tchaikokvsky, Pyotr Ilyich," ''The New Grove Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians
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'' (London: Macmillan, 1980), 20 vols. .
* Brown, David, ''Tchaikovsky: The Early Years, 1840-1874'' (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1978). .
* Brown, David, ''Tchaikovsky: The Crisis Years, 1874-1878'', (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1983). .
* Brown, David, ''Tchaikovsky: The Years of Wandering, 1878-1885'', (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1986). .
* Brown, David, ''Tchaikovsky: The Final Years, 1885-1893'', (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1991). .
* Brown, David, ''Tchaikovsky: The Man and His Music'' (New York: Pegasus Books, 2007). .
* Maes, Francis, tr. Arnold J. Pomerans and Erica Pomerans, ''A History of Russian Music: From ''Kamarinskaya ''to'' Babi Yar (Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 2002). .
* Schonberg, Harold C., ''Lives of the Great Composers'' (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 3rd ed. 1997).
* Steinberg, Michael, ''The Symphony'' (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995).
* Warrack, John
John Hamilton Warrack (born 1928, in London) is an English music critic, writer on music, and oboist.
Warrack is the son of Scottish conductor and composer Guy Warrack. He was educated at Winchester College (1941-6) and then at the Royal College o ...
, ''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). .
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