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Tchaikovsky's '''''18 Pieces''''' (18 Morceaux), Op. 72 ([[TH]] 151 ; [[ČW]] 187 to 204) <ref name="not A complete performance of all eighteen pieces lasts between 60 and 70 minutes.

Tchaikovsky wrote his '''''Six Pieces''''' (Six morceaux) for solo piano, [[Op.]] 51 ([[TH]] 143 ; [[ČW]] 175 to A complete performance of all six pieces lasts around 30 minutes.

...es of the months were not given before the title. In the manuscript score, pieces Nos. 8 and 12 have subtitles: ''The Harvest (Scherzo)'' and ''Christmas-Tid ...ey will be done quickly—at the moment I am very much in the mood for piano pieces. Yours P. Tchaikovsky. I will retain all your titles" <ref name="note2"/>.

...s an Introduction and 29 individual numbers as listed below, together with two supplementary numbers (Nos. 19a and 20a). This sequence differs from some v | No. 10

...decided to award him the Great Gold Medal (which had only been awarded on two earlier occasions in the Conservatory's history — to [[Taneyev]] and [[Ar ...bed copy of his ''Morceaux de Fantaisie'', Op. 3, a set of five piano solo pieces of which No. 2 is the Prelude in C-sharp♯ minor, which would later become

...ntroduction and 19 individual numbers. The first two acts are divided into two and three scenes respectively. The titles of numbers in Russian (Cyrillic) | rowspan="2"|No. 10

The '''''Two Pieces''''' (Deux morceaux) for solo piano, [[Op.]] 10 ([[TH]] 132 ; [[ČW]] 110 and 111), were written during the three weeks tha ...pieces were written between 24 December 1871/5 January 1872 and 29 January/10 February 1872 while the composer was staying in [[Nice]], and the theme of

...r extent suitable for music, for my part I must respond to your delightful pieces in a positive fashion. I cannot say exactly when I will be able to write mu ...l [<nowiki/>{{OS}}]. What's more, I absolutely have to leave for abroad on 10 May ... probably, I shall be in [[Petersburg]] on the 3rd. In the meantime,

There are two movements, together lasting around 20 minutes in performance: ...o movements: "I have copied out from Pyotr Ilyich's notebooks sketches for two movements of a future piano piece. To start with I made a clean copy, and t

...arranged for solo piano as ''Scherzo-Fantasie'' (No. 10 of the [[Eighteen Pieces, Op. 72]]). ...r its successor to [[Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich]] on 29 October/10 November 1889: "I want terribly to write a somewhat grandiose symphony, whi

| rowspan="10" |'''''Act II''''' | No. 10

...g his symphony. and not write anything further <ref name="note5"/>. But on 10/22 December he told [[Modest Tchaikovsky]]: "Now I am forced to rest by the ...er from Tchaikovsky to [[Vasily Bessel]] concerning the publication of the pieces: "During his stay in [[Saint Petersburg]] [in December 1872] Tchaikovsky of

...ice the hours fly by. Currently three movements of these future orchestral pieces are ready, a fourth is roughly outlined, while a fifth is taking shape in m ...e composer called the third movement ''Andante melancolico'', and the last two movements: ''March of the Lilliputians'' and ''Dance of the Giants'' <ref n

...n G major ([[TH]] 115 ; [[ČW]] 346) is the second of the [[Two Pieces, Op. 10]], originally written for solo piano in 1871–72, and arranged for violin ==Recordings==

...t deal of other work...", the composer wrote to [[Anatoly Tchaikovsky]] on 10/22 February <ref name="note4"/>. ...nd movement, since Tchaikovsky had worked on the third movement for around 10 days in February and March. This is also borne out by notes in the copy-boo

...performance, which was produced at the Maly Theatre once only on 29 April/10 May <ref name="note6"/>. In 1925, in a letter to Vasily Fyodorov, Aleksandr ...write a Russian opera, based on a poem which has been in my possession for two years already; and which I have given my word of honour to write" <ref name

There are two movements: ...July, Tchaikovsky wrote: "I have an idea for a concert piece for piano in two movements" <ref name="note11"/>. The term "piece" was used in other letters

...ement: A tempo rubato non troppo mosso (D major, 468 bars), lasting around 10 minutes in performance. ...of my piano pieces will appear in print" <ref name="note2"/>. One of these pieces was the ''Valse-Caprice'', Op. 4, and the other was the ''[[Romance]]'' in

...verses by the poet [[Ivan Surikov]] ("He was quite a talented man, and his pieces are shot through with genuine sentiment") for his future work. References t ...[[Nadezhda von Meck]] that he was making fair copies of "the romances for two voices written at [[Kamenka]]" <ref name="note7"/>. Returning to [[Kamenka]

...h them before quickly leaving [[Apukhtin]]'s home without a word; a day or two later he called on his friend again, bringing with him the romance, already ...st few days we've been searching here in vain" <ref name="note4"/>, but on 10/22 July the composer informed [[Nadezhda von Meck]]: "I've begun to write s

...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

...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

...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

...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

...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

...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==

...[[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]]

...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"/>.