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	==Autographs==		==Autographs==
	Tchaikovsky's manuscript score is preserved in the [[Klin]] ~~House-Museum Archive~~ (a{{sup\|1}}, No. 47), together with the composer's arrangement of the ''Mazurka'' for solo piano, which is written in an album belonging to [[Vera Butakova]] (l{{sup\|r}}, No. 1).		Tchaikovsky's manuscript score is preserved in the {{RUS-KLč}} at [[Klin]] (a{{sup\|1}}, No. 47), together with the composer's arrangement of the ''Mazurka'' for solo piano, which is written in an album belonging to [[Vera Butakova]] (l{{sup\|r}}, No. 1).

	==Recordings==		==Recordings==

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	In January 1867 Tchaikovsky wrote two short pieces of incidental music to accompany a performance of [[Aleksandr Ostrovsky]]'s play '''''Dmitry the Pretender and Vasily Shuysky''''' (Дмитрий Самозванец и Василий Шуйский) ([[TH]] 16 ; [[ČW]] 17) <ref name="note1"/>.		In January 1867, Tchaikovsky wrote two short pieces of incidental music to accompany a performance of [[Aleksandr Ostrovsky]]'s play '''''Dmitry the Pretender and Vasily Shuysky''''' (Дмитрий Самозванец и Василий Шуйский) ([[TH]] 16 ; [[ČW]] 17) <ref name="note1"/>.

	==Instrumentation==		==Instrumentation==
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	The ''Introduction'' was a reworking of the theme and first variation from his student [[Theme with Variations]] in A minor for piano (1865).		The ''Introduction'' was a reworking of the theme and first variation from his student [[Theme with Variations]] in A minor for piano (1865).

	In 1871 Tchaikovsky reworked the ''Mazurka'' for piano as ''Mazurka de salon''—No. 2 of the [[Three Pieces, Op. 9]].		In 1871, Tchaikovsky reworked the ''Mazurka'' for piano as ''Mazurka de salon''—No. 2 of the [[Three Pieces, Op. 9]].

	==External Links==		==External Links==

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In January 1867 Tchaikovsky wrote two short pieces of incidental music to accompany a performance of [[Aleksandr Ostrovsky]]'s play '''''Dmitry the Pretender and Vasily Shuysky''''' (Дмитрий Самозванец и Василий Шуйский) ([[TH]] 16 ; [[ČW]] 17) <ref name="note1"/>.

==Instrumentation==
The music is written for a theatre orchestra comprising flute, oboe, 2 clarinets (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 2 horns (in F), trumpet (in D), trombone + 2 timpani, cymbals + violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses.

==Movements and Duration==
There are two separate numbers, lasting around 3 minutes each in performance:
# ''Introduction to Act I'' (Интродукция к 1 действию). Andante non troppo (A minor, 60 bars)
# ''Mazurka'' (Мазурка) (D minor, 133 bars) <ref name="note2"/>.

==Subject==
''Dmitry the Pretender and Vasily Shuysky'' (Дмитрий Самозванец и Василий Шуйский) was a 'dramatic chronicle in two parts' (and six scenes) written in 1866 by [[Aleksandr Ostrovsky]]. Tchaikovsky's Introduction serves as a mini-overture to the production, while the Mazurka is performed in the fifth scene of the play.

The book ''Contemporary Tales of Dmitry the Pretender'' <ref name="note3"/> is to be found in Tchaikovsky's library. Notes on both volumes indicate that Tchaikovsky took a particular interest in them, and was familiar with the historical legend when he wrote the music.

==Composition==
No information has survived concerning the origins of this work. However, in November 1866, Tchaikovsky told his brother [[Anatoly]]: There is hope that [[Ostrovsky]] himself will write me a libretto from '[[The Voyevoda (opera)|The Voyevoda]]'" <ref name="note4"/>. It seems likely that while preliminary discussions were taking place concerning this opera, Tchaikovsky also agreed to write some music for Ostrovsky's new play ''Dmitry the Pretender and Vasily Shuysky'', which was due to receive its premiere early in 1867.

==Arrangements==
Tchaikovsky later made an arrangement of the ''Mazurka'' for solo piano ([[ČW]] 341), the manuscript of which is dated: "1867. [[Hapsal]]. 15 June" {{OS}}.

==Performances==
The premiere of [[Ostrovsky]]'s ''Dmitry the Pretender and Vasily Shuysky'' took place at the Maly Theatre in [[Moscow]] on 30 January/11 February 1867, and it ran frequently at the Maly Theatre during the 1866/67 season, and also in the following seasons. It appears that Tchaikovsky's music to accompany the play was heard on at least one occasion, since the surviving orchestral parts for both pieces preserved in the theatre's library contain pencil notes indicating that they were used in performance.

==Publication==
Both pieces were published in volume 14 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Irina Iordan (1962) <ref name="note5"/>.

Tchaikovsky's solo piano arrangement of the ''Mazurka'' was published for the first time in 1986 in the [[Moscow]] journal ''Musical Life'' (Музыкальная жизнь) <ref name="note6"/>.

==Autographs==
Tchaikovsky's manuscript score is preserved in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive (a{{sup|1}}, No. 47), together with the composer's arrangement of the ''Mazurka'' for solo piano, which is written in an album belonging to [[Vera Butakova]] (l{{sup|r}}, No. 1).

==Recordings==
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==Related Works==
The ''Introduction'' was a reworking of the theme and first variation from his student [[Theme with Variations]] in A minor for piano (1865).

In 1871 Tchaikovsky reworked the ''Mazurka'' for piano as ''Mazurka de salon''—No. 2 of the [[Three Pieces, Op. 9]].

==External Links==
* {{imslpscore|Dmitry_the_Pretender_and_Vasily_Shuysky_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)|Dmitry the Pretender and Vasily Shuysky}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Entitled 'Dmitrii the Pretender and Vasilii Shuiskii' in [[TH]], and 'Introduction and Mazurka to A.N. Ostrovskij's dramatic chronicle "Dmitrij the Pretender and Vasilij Šujskij"' in [[ČW]].</ref>
<ref name="note2">The score of the ''Mazurka'' has no tempo marking.</ref>
<ref name="note3">''Сказания современников о Дмитрии Самозванце'', in 2 volumes (3rd edition, 1859).</ref>
<ref name="note4">[[Letter 96]] to [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]], 8/20 November 1866.</ref>
<ref name="note5">A facsimile of the Introduction was first published in an appendix to {{bib|1955/16}} (1955), p. 414–428.</ref>
<ref name="note6">See Polina Vaidman, {{bib|1986/64}} (1986), p. 14.</ref>
</references>
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