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	<ref name="note4">Passed by the censor on 17/29 March 1893.</ref>		<ref name="note4">Passed by the censor on 17/29 March 1893.</ref>
	<ref name="note5">The manuscript of [[Taneyev]]'s arrangement, preserved in the [[Klin]] House-Museum, bears the date "[[Saint Petersburg]]. 27 March [18]93".</ref>		<ref name="note5">The manuscript of [[Taneyev]]'s arrangement, preserved in the [[Klin]] House-Museum, bears the date "[[Saint Petersburg]]. 27 March [18]93".</ref>
	<ref name="note6">Letter from [[Sergey Taneyev]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 6/18 November 1893 — State Central Archive for Literature and the Arts in [[Moscow]]. This manuscript includes a note to [[Boris Jurgenson]]: " [[Boris Jurgenson\|Boris Petrovich]]! I am sending you the orchestration of the quartet ''Night'', made by ''[[Sergey Taneyev\|S. I. Taneyev]]''. I think it would be an excellent idea to print it and the parts. P. Tchaikovsky, 28 March [18]93".</ref>		<ref name="note6">Letter from [[Sergey Taneyev]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 6/18 November 1893 — State Central Archive for Literature and the Arts in [[Moscow]]. This manuscript includes a note to [[Boris Jurgenson]]: "[[Boris Jurgenson\|Boris Petrovich]]! I am sending you the orchestration of the quartet ''Night'', made by ''[[Sergey Taneyev\|S. I. Taneyev]]''. I think it would be an excellent idea to print it and the parts. P. Tchaikovsky, 28 March [18]93".</ref>
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	==Composition==		==Composition==
	The idea for a vocal quartet on [[Mozart]]'s music seems to have occurred to Tchaikovsky in 1892, while he was living at [[Maydanovo]], where [[Vladimir Nápravník]] had been playing through many piano works by various authors, including [[Mozart]] <ref name="note1"/>. On 18/30 May 1892, [[Vladimir Nápravník]] wrote to Tchaikovsky: "I remember, dear Pyotr Ilyich, that recently you wanted to arrange some [[Mozart]] ~~that you wanted to arrange~~ as a quartet for singers. Did you do this or not?" <ref name="note2"/>. In fact Tchaikovsky did not carry out his intention until 1893, at the beginning of March—the manuscript is dated "[[Klin]]. 3 March 1893" {{OS}}. The autograph is subtitled: "Music adapted from [[Mozart]]'s Fantasia No. 4 and arranged by P. Tchaikovsky".		The idea for a vocal quartet on [[Mozart]]'s music seems to have occurred to Tchaikovsky in 1892, while he was living at [[Maydanovo]], where [[Vladimir Nápravník]] had been playing through many piano works by various authors, including [[Mozart]] <ref name="note1"/>. On 18/30 May 1892, [[Vladimir Nápravník]] wrote to Tchaikovsky: "I remember, dear Pyotr Ilyich, that recently you wanted to arrange some [[Mozart]] as a quartet for singers. Did you do this or not?" <ref name="note2"/>. In fact Tchaikovsky did not carry out his intention until 1893, at the beginning of March—the manuscript is dated "[[Klin]]. 3 March 1893" {{OS}}. The autograph is subtitled: "Music adapted from [[Mozart]]'s Fantasia No. 4 and arranged by P. Tchaikovsky".

	==Performances==		==Performances==

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	The words were written by Tchaikovsky, attributed in the score only to ''N. N.".		The words were written by Tchaikovsky, attributed in the score only to "''N. N.".

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	==Publication==		==Publication==
	The quartet was published by [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] in March 1893 <ref name="note4"/>. In 1941 it was included in volume 43 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Ivan Shishov and Nikolay Shemanin.		The quartet was published by [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] in March 1893 <ref name="note4"/>. In 1941, it was included in volume 43 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Ivan Shishov and Nikolay Shemanin.

	==Arrangements==		==Arrangements==

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Tchaikovsky's quartet ''Night'' (Ночь) ([[TH]] 88 ; [[ČW]] 318) was written in March 1893 at [[Klin]], and is an adaptation of music by [[Mozart]].

==Instrumentation==
Scored for soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists, with piano accompaniment.

==Movements and Duration==
There is one movement: Moderato assai (B-flat major, 154 bars), lasting approximately 4 minutes in performance.

==Text==
The words were written by Tchaikovsky, attributed in the score only to ''N. N.".

==Composition==
The idea for a vocal quartet on [[Mozart]]'s music seems to have occurred to Tchaikovsky in 1892, while he was living at [[Maydanovo]], where [[Vladimir Nápravník]] had been playing through many piano works by various authors, including [[Mozart]] <ref name="note1"/>. On 18/30 May 1892, [[Vladimir Nápravník]] wrote to Tchaikovsky: "I remember, dear Pyotr Ilyich, that recently you wanted to arrange some [[Mozart]] that you wanted to arrange as a quartet for singers. Did you do this or not?" <ref name="note2"/>. In fact Tchaikovsky did not carry out his intention until 1893, at the beginning of March—the manuscript is dated "[[Klin]]. 3 March 1893" {{OS}}. The autograph is subtitled: "Music adapted from [[Mozart]]'s Fantasia No. 4 and arranged by P. Tchaikovsky".

==Performances==
The first performance of ''Night'' took place at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory by members of [[Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya]]'s student class on 9 October 1893, in the presence of the author <ref name="note3"/>.

==Publication==
The quartet was published by [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] in March 1893 <ref name="note4"/>. In 1941 it was included in volume 43 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Ivan Shishov and Nikolay Shemanin.

==Arrangements==
In 1893, before Tchaikovsky's death, the quartet was orchestrated by [[Sergey Taneyev]] <ref name="note5"/>. In a letter from [[Taneyev]] to [[Jurgenson]] of 19/31 January 1896, we read: "Have you found ''Night''?... I don't want to send to my full score, with the inscription made by Pyotr Ilyich, to [[Saint Petersburg]]..." <ref name="note6"/>. This orchestration of the quartet was performed for the first time on 6/18 November 1893 in [[Moscow]], at the second symphony concert of the Russian Musical Society, with soloists Berta Abramova (soprano), Yevgeniya Zbrueva (alto), Mitrofan Chupynnikov (tenor) and Vasily Gepetsky (bass), conducted by [[Vasily Safonov]]. The full score of [[Taneyev]]'s arrangement was published by [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] in the same year.

==Autographs==
Tchaikovsky's manuscript score is now preserved in the {{RUS-Mcm}} in [[Moscow]] {{TOW2|kvartet-noch|(ф. 88, No. 128)}}.

==Recordings==
{{reclink}}

==Dedication==
The quartet is dedicated to [[Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya]].

==Related Works==
The music is based on the B-flat episode from the Fantasie No. 4 in C minor for piano, K.475, by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]].

==External Links==
* {{imslpscore|Night_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)|Night}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">{{bib|1902/25|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 3}} (1902), p. 655.</ref>
<ref name="note2">Letter from [[Vladimir Nápravník]] to Tchaikovsky, 18/30 May 1892 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive.</ref>
<ref name="note3">See [[Nikolay Kashkin]], {{bib|1896/17|Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском}} (1896), p. 179–180.</ref>
<ref name="note4">Passed by the censor on 17/29 March 1893.</ref>
<ref name="note5">The manuscript of [[Taneyev]]'s arrangement, preserved in the [[Klin]] House-Museum, bears the date "[[Saint Petersburg]]. 27 March [18]93".</ref>
<ref name="note6">Letter from [[Sergey Taneyev]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 6/18 November 1893 — State Central Archive for Literature and the Arts in [[Moscow]]. This manuscript includes a note to [[Boris Jurgenson]]: " [[Boris Jurgenson|Boris Petrovich]]! I am sending you the orchestration of the quartet ''Night'', made by ''[[Sergey Taneyev|S. I. Taneyev]]''. I think it would be an excellent idea to print it and the parts. P. Tchaikovsky, 28 March [18]93".</ref>
</references>
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