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• Sixteen Songs for Children, Op. 54
  ...In his preface to the published score, Tchaikovsky noted that "some of the pieces, e.g. No. 5 or No. 8, may be performed by a children's chorus in unison". 10. [[Aleksey Pleshcheyev]], after his poem ''In a Storm'' (В бурю) (1872
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• Symphony No. 4
  ...r cost me such labour, yet I have never felt such a love for one of my own pieces. I found that I was pleasantly surprised by this work. At first I wrote lar * 10/22 December: "The first movement of the symphony is coming to an end. Today
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• Violin Concerto
  ...o, which, notwithstanding its novelty of form, came very easily to him. On 10/22 March, i.e. after five days, Tchaikovsky finished the first movement of ...to the concerto's other two movements". He decided to add two other violin pieces to the original Andante (which was restyled ''Méditation'') to form the cy
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• Francesca da Rimini
  ...ed souls. Out of the countless spinning earthly spirits, [[Dante]] notices two in particular: Francesca and Paolo, who are locked in an embrace. [[Dante]] ...ydov]] and [[Eduard Nápravník]] that the full score would be ready "within two weeks" <ref name="note9"/>, and asked them to include the new work in a Mus
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• The Year 1812
  ...cisely what is required from me, for how much, and for how long. There are two inspirations: one emerges directly from the heart with a free choice of thi ...1881 <ref name="note7"/>. Writing to [[Nadezhda von Meck]] of 28 September/10 October 1880, Tchaikovsky complained: "There is nothing more antipathetic t
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• Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom
  ...lieu cher]]''. The composer's letters between 21 July/2 August and 29 July/10 August the same year show that it was sent together with the other manuscri ==Recordings==
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• Symphony No. 2
  ...[[Kamenka]] on 31 May/12 June, and stayed there until 2/14 July. From 6/18–10/22 July he stayed at [[Nizy]], and on 20 July/1 August he arrived at [[Usov ...evening at [[Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s, and the whole company almost tore me to pieces for hours in raptures, and Madame [[Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova|Korsakova]]
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• Andante funebre
  ...funebre e doloroso, ma con moto (E-flat minor, 133 bars) — lasting around 10 to 15 minutes in performance. ...rangement of the piano piece ''[[Humoresque]]'' from the [[Two Pieces, Op. 10]], was made in [[Moscow]] by 18/30 December 1876 <ref name="note1"/>.
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