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  • Symphony No. 4
    Tchaikovsky's '''''Symphony No. 4''''' in F minor, [[Op.]] 36 ([[TH]] 27 ; [[ČW]] 24), was begun in the spri ...ising piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in F), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani, triangle, c
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  • Symphony No. 5
    Tchaikovsky's '''''Symphony No. 5''''' in E minor, [[Op.]] 64 ([[TH]] 29 ; [[ČW]] 26), was composed an ...3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in A), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani + violins I,
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  • Symphony No. 1
    Tchaikovsky's '''''Symphony No. 1''''' in G minor, [[Op.]] 13 ([[TH]] 24 ; [[ČW]] 21), subtitled ''''' ...ising piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in E-flat, F), 2 trumpets (in C, D), 3 trombones, tuba + 2 timpani,
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  • Symphony No. 2
    Tchaikovsky's '''''Symphony No. 2''''' in C minor, [[Op.]] 17 ([[TH]] 25 ; [[ČW]] 22) was composed and The work's popular (but unofficial) designation as the '''''Little-Russian Symphony''''' (Малороссийская симфония) appears to have been c
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  • Symphony No. 6
    Tchaikovsky's '''''Symphony No. 6''''' in B minor, [[Op.]] 74 ([[TH]] 30 ; [[ČW]] 27), subtitled ''''' ...3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in A, B-flat), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani, cym
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  • Symphony in E-flat major
    ...ajor''''' ([[TH]] 238 ; [[ČW]] 443), also known (inaccurately) as his '''''Symphony No. 7''''', or with the subtitle '''''Life''''' (Жизнь), was abandoned In the 1950s, the symphony was reconstructed from the manuscript sources and completed by the Soviet m
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  • Manfred
    Tchaikovsky's '''''Manfred''''' is a symphony in four scenes after [[Byron]]'s dramatic poem, in B minor, Op. 58 ([[TH]] ...English horn, 2 clarinets (in A), bass clarinet (in B-flat), 3 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in D), 2 cornets (in A), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 ti
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  • First Thoughts
    ==Symphony No. 1 (TH 24)== .../15 February 1868. Although warmly received at the time, it seems that the symphony was completely neglected for another six years; then, in 1874, Tchaikovsky'
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  • Symphony No. 3
    ...was composed and orchestrated between June and August 1875. It is his only symphony in a major key, and to have five movements <ref name="note1"/>. ...ising piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in F), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani + violins I,
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  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    ...hat it might be rendered as seriously and skilfully as an arrangement of a symphony. Alas, this is impossible; what has been done cannot be undone; but at leas ...ing discussion helped to take Pyotr Ilyich's mind off the [[Symphony No. 6|symphony]] and restored him to his previous agreeable mood" <ref name="note19"/>.
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  • Cantata for the Opening of the Polytechnic Exhibition
    ...ng of piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in D, E), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani, triangle ...text) was given on 26 January 1997 at Ann Arbor, Michigan, by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and University Musical Society Choral Union, with Vladimir Popov
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  • The Year 1812
    ...lo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 cornets (in B-flat), 2 trumpets (in E-flat), 3 trombones, t ...st performance of the overture took place on 8/20 August 1882 at the sixth symphony concert, in a programme consisting entirely of works by Tchaikovsky, in the
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  • The Second and Third Weeks of the Concert Season
    ...mpathetic discussion of several of his compositions, including the "Ocean" Symphony, whilst also pointing out "the lack of development" in his talent; and valu ...ng'', D.942 (orchestrated by Lachner), and Vieuxtemps' Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 31 (soloist [[Adolph Brodsky]]);
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  • Suite No. 3
    ...doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (in A), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in D, F), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani, military ...haikovsky]]: "I think that in [[Kamenka]] I will be engaged in writing a ''symphony''" <ref name="note3"/>.
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  • Piano Concerto No. 1
    ...hestra comprising 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in F), 3 trombones + 3 timpani + violins I, violi Tchaikovsky arranged the concerto for 2 pianos (4 hands) in December 1874. This was revised at the same time that changes wer
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  • Romeo and Juliet
    ...piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (in A), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in E), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani, cymbals, ba ...ther, undated letter, written between 20 October/1 November and 23 October/4 November 1870, Tchaikovsky wrote: "You wanted an introduction along the lin
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  • Hamlet (overture-fantasia)
    ...ing piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 cornets (in B-flat), 2 trumpets (in B-flat), 3 trombones, t ..."/>. Presumably this note referred to musical sketches in his Notebook No. 4, which is dated on the first page "12 Sept" {{OS}}. Over one of these sketc
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  • The Tempest
    ...sting of piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in F), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani, cymbals, ba ...ed by [[Nikolay Rubinstein]], and on 16/28 November 1874 at the second RMS symphony concert in [[Saint Petersburg]], conducted by [[Eduard Nápravník]].
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  • Suite No. 1
    ...(3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in D, F) + 2 timpani, triangle, glockenspiel + vi ...sist of five movements: 1) Introduction and Fugue, 2) Scherzo, 3) Andante, 4) Intermezzo (Echos de bals), 5) Rondo" <ref name="note3"/>.
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  • The Maid of Orleans
    '''''The Maid of Orleans''''' (Орлеанская дева), in 4 acts and 6 scenes ([[TH]] 6 ; [[ČW]] 6), is Tchaikovsky's sixth completed ...s, cellos, and double basses. On-stage/off-stage: 4 trumpets (in A, C, E), 4 trombones, military drum, which also form a military band (or could be a pa
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  • The Voyevoda (opera)
    '''''The Voyevoda''''' (Воевода) is an opera in 3 acts and 4 scenes, [[Op.]] 3 ([[TH]] 1 ; [[ČW]] 1) <ref name="note1"/>, based on a st ...2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in C, D, E, F), 3 trombones, tuba (doubling ophic
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  • Concert Fantasia
    ...consisting of 3 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in D), 3 trombones + 3 timpani, tambourine + keyb ...ry... Walked in the garden and came up with the ''seed'' not of a future ''symphony'', but of a ''suite''" <ref name="note6"/>. On 17/29 April and 18/30 April,
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  • Serenade for String Orchestra
    ...need for work besides compising. Now here I am already with designs for a symphony or string quartet; I still don't know how it will end up", Tchaikovsky told ...nd I'm sending it to you the day after tomorrow in the form of a score and 4-handed arrangement... Whether because this is my latest offspring, or becau
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  • The Enchantress
    ...harp, violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses. Off-stage: 4 horns (in F) | rowspan="2"|No. 4
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  • Vakula the Smith
    ...акула Кузнец), is a comic opera in 3 acts and 8 scenes, [[Op.]] 14 ([[TH]] 4 ; [[ČW]]) <ref name="note1"/>. It was Tchaikovsky's fourth completed opera ...of piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat, C), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in E, F), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani, triangle
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  • Six Romances, Op. 16
    Scored for high voice (Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6), or low voice (No. 3), with piano accompaniment. 4. [[Aleksey Pleshcheyev]] (1825–1893), from his poem ''On a Motif of Felic
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  • The Queen of Spades
    ...horn), 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat), bass clarinet (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in A, B-flat), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani, mil | rowspan="2"|No. 4
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  • Piano Concerto No. 3
    ...tes (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in B-flat), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani + violi ...oncerto in three movements, each of which was adapted from the abandoned [[Symphony in E-flat major]] he had sketched the previous year:
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  • Sérénade mélancolique
    ...tra consisting of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F) + violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses. ...performance in [[Saint Petersburg]] on 6/18 November 1876 at the first RMS symphony concert, conducted by [[Eduard Nápravník]]. Other notable performances in
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  • The Sleeping Beauty
    ..., 2 cornets (in A, B-flat), 2 trumpets (in A, B-flat), 3 trombones, tuba + 4 timpani, triangle, tambourine, military drum, cymbals, bass drum, tam tam, | No. 4
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  • Yevgeny Onegin
    ...A, B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in F), 3 trombones + 4 timpani + harp, violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses. | No. 4
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  • Swan Lake
    ...ng piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat, C), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 cornets (in A, B-flat), 2 trumpets (in D, E, F), 3 trombone | rowspan="2"|No. 4
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  • Eighteen Pieces, Op. 72
    ...eriod of absence, Tchaikovsky straight away set to work on composing his [[Symphony No. 6]]. At around this time he also assembled materials which were to form ...n to compose these pieces in April, after completing the sketches of his [[Symphony No. 6]] and fulfilling a number of concert engagements, from which he retur
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  • Francesca da Rimini
    ...doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (in A), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 cornets (in A), 2 trumpets (in E), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 ti ...with great success in [[Moscow]] on 25 February/9 March 1877, at the tenth symphony concert of the Russian Musical Society, conducted by [[Nikolay Rubinstein]]
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  • Violin Concerto
    ...consisting of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in D) + 2 timpani + violins I, violins II, violas ...ance at the third Philharmonic Society subscription concert on 22 November/4 December 1881. Its success was sensational, despite an unfavourable recepti
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  • The Oprichnik
    '''''The Oprichnik''''' (Опричник) is an opera in 4 acts and 5 scenes ([[TH]] 3 ; [[ČW]] 3), based on a story by [[Ivan Lazhec ...ising piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in C, D, F), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani, trian
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  • Suite No. 4
    The '''''Suite No. 4''''' <ref name="note1"/> in G major, [[Op.]] 61 ([[TH]] 34 ; [[ČW]] 31), e ...rchestra of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat, C), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in B-flat) + 3 timpani, cymbals, glockenspiel + h
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  • The Nutcracker (suite)
    ...horn, 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat), bass clarinet (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in A), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani, tambourine, The Suite was performed a week later than intended, at the ninth symphony concert of the [[Saint Petersburg]] branch of the Russian Musical Society o
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  • Andante and Finale
    ...ee-movement cycle. All the movements have their origins in an unfinished [[Symphony in E-flat major]] which Tchaikovsky sketched but later abandoned in Novembe ...orchestra comprising 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (F), 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, side drum, cymbals + vi
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  • Variations on a Rococo Theme
    ...34|Valse-Scherzo]]'' for violin, and in March–April he wrote his [[Fourth Symphony]], and during this same period he completed some work commissioned by [[Nad ...tein]]. [[Nadezhda von Meck]] reported on this to Tchaikovsky: "At today's symphony concert, [[Fitzenhagen]] is playing your ''Variations''" <ref name="note5"/
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  • Piano Concerto No. 2
    ...tra comprising 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in D) + 3 timpani + violins I, violins II, violas ...79 and January 1880 he was occupied with other work (revising the [[Second Symphony]] and composing the ''[[Italian Capriccio]]'').
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  • The Snow Maiden
    ...s, English horn (''ad lib.''), 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat, C), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in D, F), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani, triangle | rowspan="4"|'''''Prologue'''''
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  • Undina
    ...mprising piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in F), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani, triangle, c | rowspan="4"|'''''Act I'''''
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  • Six Romances, Op. 6
    ...ed for high voice (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5), medium voice (No. 6) or baritone (No. 4), with piano accompaniment. 4. [[Aleksey Tolstoy]], from an untitled poem (1858):
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  • Seven Romances, Op. 47
    High voice (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7), medium voice (No. 4) or baritone (No. 5), with piano accompaniment. 4. [[Aleksey Tolstoy]], from an untitled poem (1856):
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  • Six Romances, Op. 38
    ...and July 1878, after the composer completed his work on the [[Symphony No. 4]] and ''[[Yevgeny Onegin]]''. Scored for high voice (Nos. 2, 3), medium voice (Nos. 4, 5, 6) or baritone (No. 1), with piano accompaniment.
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  • The Nutcracker
    ...bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in A, B-flat), 3 trombones, tuba + 4 timpani, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, bass drum, tam tam, glockenspiel, c | No. 4
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  • String Quartet No. 1
    * [[London]], St. James's Hall (Musical Union Concert), 22 June/4 July 1876, [[Leopold Auer]] and Otto Bernhardt (violins), Benoit Hollander * [[Paris]], 23rd Colonne symphony concert, 24 March/5 April 1891, conducted by Tchaikovsky (2nd movement only
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  • Hamlet (incidental music)
    | width="15%" rowspan="4"|'''''Act I''''' | No. 4
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  • Six Romances, Op. 73
    4. From the poem 'The Sun Has Set' (Закатилось солнце) (1892) ...r that he began composition, although a theme for ''We Sat Together'' (No. 4) is written on [[Ratgauz]]'s letter of 26 September/8 October 1892, perhaps
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