Symphonies
Tchaikovsky Research
Tchaikovsky completed seven symphonies between 1866 and 1893:
TH | ČW | Opus | Title | Key | Description | Year |
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24 | 21 | 13 | Symphony No. 1 | G minor | Winter Daydreams | 1866–68, 1874 |
25 | 22 | 17 | Symphony No. 2 | C minor | "Little Russian" | 1872, 1879–80 |
26 | 23 | 29 | Symphony No. 3 | D major | "Polish" | 1875 |
27 | 24 | 36 | Symphony No. 4 | F minor | 1877 | |
28 | 25 | 58 | Manfred | B minor | Symphony in four scenes after Byron's dramatic poem | 1885 |
29 | 26 | 64 | Symphony No. 5 | E minor | 1888 | |
30 | 27 | 74 | Symphony No. 6 | B minor | Pathétique | 1893 |
In 1873, he also noted down themes in his diary for a projected Symphony in B-flat major, which were not subsequently developed, and in 1891 and 1892 he made far more substantial sketches for a Symphony in E-flat major, which was abandoned before the orchestration had been completed.