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First Symphony, versions
Does anyone know whether the orchestral parts of the First Symphony which are deposited at the Library of the Moscow Conservatoire ...
Wolfgang Eggerking 2 2008-Aug-23
Fanfare from the Hamlet incidental music
Geoffrey Simon and the London Symphony Orchestra performance of the Hamlet incidental music features an extra fanfare in act three...
Shenda Gu 2 2008-Aug-20
Tchaikovsky in America
Opening week of Carnegie Hall. A highlight of Tchaikovsky's visit. The New York times review of the performance...
Albert Gasparo 1 2008-Aug-19
Traveling to Tchaikovsky
A number of the respondents on this Forum seem very familiar with travel in Russia. I'm interested in going to Russia and specifically...
Steve Warren 6 2008-Aug-18
Alternating Unisons and Octaves
I am hoping someone intimately familiar with Tchaikovsky's orchestral habits may be able to answer this question...
William H. Rosar 4 2008-Aug-12
Orleanskaya deva
Who owns the rights to the recording of Maid of Orleans featuring Irina Arkhipova--and why don't they release a CD...?
David M. Perkins 4 2008-Aug-12
St. Petersburg, important places for Tchaikovsky
for my next visit at St. Petersburg I'd like to see two places more which are important in the life of Tchaikovsky...
Rüdiger Herpich 9 2008-Aug-08
TH 136?
Is there any reason TH 136 isn't listed? There's no indication why, and it's the only one in sequence that's unlisted...
Joshua Kaufman 1 2008-Aug-07
Enigma of the Sixth's Premiere
The first performance of the Sixth Symphony was advertised in the fallowing way...
Alexander Geidelberg 1 2008-Aug-06
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1
I am looking for the sheet music of the original 1874/75 version of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, opus 23...
BC Dunnington 1 2008-Aug-05
Piano Transcriptions of Orchestral Works
Thanks to this web site I was able to garner 80 works for piano. 70 for piano solo alone...
Albert Gasparo 2 2008-Aug-04
The Enchantress
I'd like your recommendation on which of the versions of Charodeika should I buy?
James Hale 8 2008-Aug-02
Souvenir de Florence
First I must say that I admire your work on one of my favourite composers. There is one little problem that you didn't solve for me...
Hans de Jongste 5 2008-Jul-30
A Polite Request
While informed debate is always welcome (and indeed, encouraged) in this Forum,...
Brett Langston 1 2008-Jul-29
Tchaikovsky and Snobbery
It's very easy to notice how controversial becomes to argue about Tchaikovsky s genius...
Alberto Sáenz Enríquez 6 2008-Jul-29
On Tchaikovsky's Method
It may be of interest to our readers to get an interpretation of Tchaikovsky's methods of composition as per David Brown's...
Albert Gasparo 1 2008-Jul-28
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2
I am looking for sheet music of the complete (original) version of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto no. 2 in G major...
BC Dunnington 3 2008-Jul-27
Variations in "Iolanta" libretto
Listening to this opera is a very special delight for any admirer of the great composer...
Alexander Geidelberg 1 2008-Jul-27
Record of Romeo and Juliet (version 1869)
Hello, I would inform you that there is a record of a long part of Romeo et Juliette, first version (1869) on this address :
Patrick Otto 2 2008-Jul-26
Tchaikovsky's Proven Greatness
It's very easy and common to affirm or deny greatness to big names in art, but very few cases have a proven argument...
Alberto Sáenz Enríquez 7 2008-Jul-14
Did Tchaikovsky Have Perfect Pitch?
I wonder if Tchaikovsky had perfect pitch. There are some controversies on internet about it...
Marcel Takac 4 2008-Jul-11
Regarding the Cello Concerto
I found this curiosity among the imslp.com scores. i.e. a completed version of the cello concerto...
Albert Gasparo 2 2008-Jul-07
Piano Transcriptions of Orchestral Works
Many thanks for making available to us these hithertofore unknown solo piano arrangements of The Tempest and Francesca da Rimini...
Albert Gasparo 7 2008-Jul-03
Valse-Scherzo
I have a recording of this piece for violin (Aharonian) and piano (Kandinskaja) Arte Nova label saying it is the "Version of V Begekirsky"....
Graham Wright 2 2008-Jul-02
Francesca da Rimini for the piano
Hello, here is the arrangement for solo piano by Klindworth.
Manuel José Blanca Molinos 1 2008-Jun-26
The Tempest Piano Arrangement
I wondered if there existed a piano arrangement (for two or four or as many hands as needed) of The Tempest....
Bryan Chahla 3 2008-Jun-24
Swan Lake
I am making a programme for BBC Radio 4 about Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake....
Rachel Howorth 1 2008-Jun-20
Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony
I'm attempting a detailed examination of Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony, and am keen to see what has been written...
Mark Doran 3 2008-Jun-19
6 Romances op. 6
I am a soprano singer and I am working at the moment on the 6 Romances op.6 of Tchaïkowsky. I would like to know...
Juliette Vergnaud 2 2008-Jun-08
1812
I have read a description of 1812 by Brett Langston that I found on line indicating that a melody in The Year 1812 was a melody from a previous opera The Voevoda... 
David Hagy 2 2008-Jun-05
Aleksey Apukhtin
Would anyone know where I could find some of Aleksey Apukhtin's poetry translated into English?  Especially anything he wrote for Peter Tchaikovsky.
Steve Warren 2 2008-May-31
Piano Concerto No. 3
I would like to open a debate on whether the third piano concerto for our great composer Tchaikovsky be interpreted in a single movement or all three...
Carlos Nuez Sánchez 3 2008-May-27
Translators Wanted
Work is progressing on the next phase of development of the Tchaikovsky Research web-site, and you may be in a position to help...
Brett Langston 1 2008-May-24
The Turning Point
I did notice once important item missing from your site and that is a listing of Tchaikovsky's music used in certain movie soundtracks...
Terry Wilcox 1 2008-May-19
Forum
As a total Tchaikovsky fan, your web site together with both volumes of the 'Tchaikovsky Handbook' have been a revelation and has enabled me...
Steve Floyd 1 2008-May-11
Never Too Late
When I was a young girl I was taken to the Royal Albert Hall. We stood up in the Gods and listened to...
Pamela Roses 1 2008-Apr-29
Tchaikovsky's Early Works CD1 or Svetlanov's Overture in Cm
I've been searching all over trying to find a CD1 from the 2CD set set called Tchaikovsky Early Works, which includes renditions of...
Ernest Khozak 1 2008-Apr-23

Tchaikovsky's Homosexuality
I have recently been doing some reading on Tchaikovsky and I was wondering why the different biographies vary...

Rebecca Jackson 2 2008-Apr-21
Which opera?
Hope this isn't too trivial: in the 1937 film "Maytime" there is a glorious duet...
Bob Thornton 2 2008-Mar-24
Antonin Dvorak
Did Tchaikovsky ever meet Antonín Dvorak...?
George Boyd 6 2008-Mar-24
Composing with Piano or in Head?
I would like to know the way Tchaikovsky was composing his works. I read that A. Rubinstein taught his students...
Marcel Takac 2 2008-Mar-06
School of Jurisprudence
I was wondering what ever happend to the St. Petersburg School of Jurisprudence...
dreamofanimation 2 2008-Mar-04
New York Times Archive
The New York Times obituary of Tchaikovsky's death on November 6, 1893...
Al Gasparo 1 2008-Feb-29
Francesca da Rimini for the piano
I'm looking for the piano duet arrangement by Karl Klindworth of Francesca da Rimini...
Bryan Chahla 1 2008-Feb-25
Maid of Orleans
I am looking for the Maid Of Orleans libretto and can only find it in Russian...
Janine Magnin 3 2008-Feb-24
Onegin
Hello to all, Does anybody know if the original version of Evgenii Onegin has ever been published? With the 'original version'...
Tom Huygens 4 2008-Feb-19

Check out Eugene Onegin
Here is the New York Times review of the movie version which came out in 1959...

Al Gasparo 2 2008-Feb-17

Check out YouTube
A visit to the Tchaikovsky Museum in Klin:

Al Gasparo 1 2008-Feb-04
The Enchantress
Following Nicolas Krusek's comment regarding his find of the 1954 Samossoud recording of The Enchantress, I also found this...
Norman Armstrong 6 2008-Jan-28
Tchaikovsky and the Mighty Five
There are people that think that "The Mighty Five" are considered Russia’s top composers...
Alberto Sáenz Enríquez 1 2008-Jan-15
Drosselmeyer's musical symbolism
I believe that Drosselmeyer has a deeper meaning in The Nutcracker, than just an eccentric old man.  Can he and the music that depicts him be...
Carlos Danaan 2 2008-Jan-12
The Sleeping Beauty
I love The Sleeping Beauty and I've been looking for a full score of the complete ballet for almost a year, but I still haven't found anything...
Bryan Chahla 3 2008-Jan-10
Documentary : The Legacy of Tchaikovsky
Here is something of interest to those who frequent our forum. Its a video about the Tchaikovsky Museum in Klin
Al Gasparo 1 2008-Jan-08
Tchaikovsky and Turgenev
As part of an I.T. course called the Certificate in Humanities Computing for Modern Languages (CHUCOL) at Cambridge University, I've set up...
Luis Sundkvist 2 2008-Jan-06
Mental State
Is it not about time there was some serious discussion on this forum about Tchaikovskys mental state? Would that not help to further illuminate his personality?
George Boyd 4 2008-Jan-07
Happy New Year
A very happy and full of prosperity new year to Mr Langston and all...
Alberto Sáenz Enríquez 2 2007-Dec-31
Not Enough Esteem to Tchaikovsky
Answering about lesser esteem to Tchaikovsky, Mr Gasparo speaks about lack of nuance and form in Tchaikovsky's works...
Alberto Sáenz Enríquez 5 2007-Dec-20
Tchaikovsky's Influence
It is not very well known, neither even disclosed, how Tchaikovsky has influenced other musical masters all over the world.
Alberto Sáenz Enríquez 3 2007-Dec-16
Tchaikovsky on Tristan und Isolde
Could anybody enlighten me on Tchaikovsky´s knowledge on Tristan und Isolde?
Helle Eliasson 2 2007-Dec-16
Tchaikovsky helps Rimsky-Korsakoff to re-instrumentate the "Night on the Bare Mountain"
Nina Berberova was one of the first biographer, who very seriously and honestly described life and character of Tchaikovsky...
Rüdiger Herpich 2 2007-Dec-13
Silence
Dear gentleman. I have noticed a silenced Tchaikovsky forum since present novembre 10 ...
Alberto Sáenz Enríquez 5 2007-Dec-04
Original Violin Concerto Score
I was wondering if you knew what version of the Violin Concerto is the one Tchaikovsky originally wrote? I read recently that the concerto was...
Thomas A. Doyle 2 2007-Nov-10
18th century Cherevichki opera
I wondered whether anyone might have come across the opera (and can identify the composer) with the same name as that of Tchaikovsky's...

Richard Soar

1 2007-Nov-05
A Brilliant Site
Please accept my congratulations on this very fine site! How wonderful to have a such splendid forum where you can update your knowledge
Erling Eliasson 1 2007-Nov-03
Sleeping Beauty Libretto Question
Sorry if this is a trivial question for you, but the answer will be important...
Eduardo Rueda López 2 2007-Nov-01
Klin Visit
I have wished for so long visit the museum at Klin and other places connected with Tchaikovsky. I would not be too keen on finding...
Graham Wright 4 2007-Oct-31
King Midas of Music
Tchaikovsky was the King Midas of music. Wherever he placed his wonderful hand he turned into gold all sorts of musical fields...
Alberto Sáenz Enríquez 2 2007-Oct-31
Highly Acclaimed New Recordings of the Piano Concertos
A stunning Second Concerto from Marshev, back on outstanding form .
Norman Armstrong 1 2007-Oct-18
Liszt's transcription of the Polonaise from Evgeny Onegin
I am working on the new Liszt Thematic Catalogue and am trying to find an article on the above transcription by a Russian musicologist named...
Michael Short 2 2007-Oct-07
Romeo and Juliet duet for soprano and tenor
I am trying to locate a copy of this score but my attempts have been unsuccessful...
Michael Collins 1 2007-Oct-05
Intimacies of Tchaikovsky
Many great men have suffered an homosexual condition: Plato, Leonardo, Newton, Oscar Wilde, and possibly Kant..
Alberto Sáenz Enríquez 5 2007-Sep-26
von Meck Letter Regarding Form
I have seen a reference to a letter from Tchaikovsky to von Meck that in part discusses his perceived deficiencies in compositional form...
Frank Almond 3 2007-Sep-13
Translation into English of Tchaikovsky's Name
I would like to know which is the best way to translate into english Tchaikovsky`s name...
Nataly 2 2007-Sep-11
Special remarks for instrumentation details in Tchaikovsky's Symphonies No 6 and "Manfred"
It is well known, that Tchaikovsky very scrupulously set remarks and assignments in his scores, especially in his late works. I am surprised about two curious comments...
Rüdiger Herpich 2 2007-Sep-09
Philip Taylor (1949-2007)
I was extremely saddened to learn of the death of Philip Taylor after a long illness...
Brett Langston 2 2007-Aug-25
Vladimir and Konstantin Shilovsky
I'm looking for a photograph of the brothers Shilovsky, who were friends of Tchaikovsky...
Rien Schraagen 5 2007-Aug-19
Capriccio Italianne
I would appreciate so much if anyone could tell me when, where and under what conditions was Tchaikovsky inspired...
Simon Yam 2 2007-Aug-07
Baltimore visit April 1891
Anyone have any idea what Tchaikovsky did while in Baltimore in April 1891? What did he visit? What music did he play...?
Pat Femiano 2 2007-Jul-31
Lily of the Valley (Landysh)
I am looking for an English translation of the Tchaikovsky poem Landysh ("Lily of the Valley") as set by Arensky...
Sebastian Comberti 2 2007-Jul-30
Piano reduction of the Tema con Variazioni of Suite No. 3, Op. 53
I remember playing a commerciallly available piano transcription of the last movement of the Suite No. 3...
Jonathan Still 2 2007-Jul-30
Tchaikovsky Photograph
Does anybody have any more details on the following 1893 photograph...
Rob Grace 4 2007-Jul-30
Romeo and Juliet
Does anyone know if any recordings exist of the earlier versions of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet? I know the scores still exist...
Mark van Bruggen 2 2007-Jul-26
New Tchaikovsky letter auctioned in London
A newly-discovered letter by Tchaikovsky was auctioned by Christie's of London on 3 July for the sum of £19,200...
Brett Langston 1 2007-Jul-12
English Translation of Russian Epigraphs in The Seasons Op. 37a
Please could you direct me to an authorative English translation of the Russian epigraphs for each month...
Jackie Waylen 2 2007-Jul-03
Seventh Symphony?
www.cs.wcupa.edu/epstein... If you go this website you will see an article claming the there exists a computer generated...
Norman Armstrong 7 2007-Jun-06
Symphony No. 2
Thank you very much for adding the original version of Symphony No. 2 to the study score section. How exciting!...
Nicolas Krusek 4 2007-May-13
The Snow Maiden
I am looking to find the orchestral parts of the Snow Maiden...
Marc Andreae 1 2007-May-03
Tchaikovsky's Voice
I have a set of CDs of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concertos and on the last one there is a phonograph recording of about 30 secs...
Graham Wright 12 2007-Apr-30
Henry Zajaczkowski
Does the Tchaikovsky specialist Henry Zajaczkowski read this forum...?
Mark Doran 2 2007-Apr-23
Tchaikovsky Pictures and Visit
Just found your web site. Very interesting. Are there any pics around of the tchaikovsky funeral?...
Patrick Femiano 3 2007-Apr-16
Reconstruction of Original Letters
Dear ladies and gentlemen, I am actually reading the book The Quest for the Inner Man written by Poznansky and published...
Valerie Guillame 9 2007-Apr-08
Blumenfeld
I was wondering if Stanislav Mikhailovich BLUMENFEL'D (1850-97) father of Georges Leon DAVYDOV was th brother of Felix...
Bruno Gogel 3 2007-Apr-04
Mazurka in D minor
Hi, My name is John, and I'm a Music Education major at CCSU in CT. We recently performed Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger...
John Edward Anderson 2 2007-Mar-27
Metronome markings in Tchaikovsky (especially Op. 50)
Dear Tchaikovsky scholars, It is my understanding that the metronome markings in Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio, Op. 50 stem...
Daniel Paul Horn 5 2007-Mar-16
Translations
Does anyone know if any of these articles (mentioned in Grove) have been translated to english?...
Svein Hundsnes 1 2007-Mar-15
Half-remembered Essay
I wonder if anyone can help me locating a book I have memory of and may be of interest to Tchaikovskians. The book was a series...
Norman Armstrong 3 2007-Mar-14
BBC Performances
What a joy it was last week to hear Tchaikovsky's earlier thoughts on Symphony No. 1 (1868), Romeo and Juliet (1870) and Vakula...
Nicolas Krusek 3 2007-Mar-09
A Question
Hello! Is a pleasure has finded this web page. I am a spaniard fan of Tchaikovsky from my childhood. I know his life, his music...
Jorge M. Mellado 3 2007-Mar-08
Homosexuality Myth
That Tchaikovsky was a homosexual is a myth based on publications of a few Western authors. If this is true, what are...
Milo 9 2007-Feb-24
Melodiya Records
I was about 10 years old. We were sitting crossed legged on the parquet floor in the assembly hall of my Junior school in Fulham...
Graham Wright 2 2007-Feb-11
BBC Tchaikovsky Experience 10 to 16 February 2007...
A final reminder that this unique broacast of the compleet works starts tomorrow on BBC Radio 3. Listen live at...
Brett Langston 1 2007-Feb-09
Additional Aria for The Oprichnik
Can anyone tell me about the circumstances of the discovery of this aria and whereabouts in the opera it occurs?
Ian Maxwell 2 2007-Feb-09
The Voevoda
Not long ago, the Aquarius label released a rare 1979 recording of Tchaikovsky's first opera, The Voevoda, featuring Vladimir Matorin...
Nicolas Krusek 6 2007-Feb-07
BBC Tchaikovsky Experience
Details of the forthcoming "Tchaikovsky Experience", running from 20 January to 16 February on BBC Radio and Televison, can be...
Brett Langston 4 2007-Feb-02
Tchaikovsky Name
My father-in-law who spoke Russian as a youth says Tchaikovsky’ name has its origin in the word for “tea”; is this true? I have never...
Victor Glenn 2 2006-Dec-28
Overture in C minor
Thank you for this wonderful and educational site. It is great to have such a wealth of information about my favorite composer in...
Nicolas Krusek 4 2006-Dec-22
13 Malaia Morskaia
For some time now I have taken an interest in Tchaikovsky's death site and have heard of the possibility of Modest's apartment...
Albert Gasparo 5 2006-Dec-20
Toscanini's "Manfred"
Could please make me clear what changes had Arturo Toscanini made to Tchaikovsky's Manfred symphony? I have his...
Marcel 3 2006-Dec-15
Original Versions
I greatly enjoyed reading the articles, "Tchaikovsky's Winter Daydreams" and "Unknown Tchaikovsky," and listening to the...
Nicolas Krusek 2 2006-Dec-10
Tchaikovsky and Balakirev
I'm making a study of the relationship between Tchaikovsky and Balakirev. Could anyone send me the following article...
Rien Schraagen 1 2006-Dec-10
Songs
Question: Were the songs Tchaikovsky composed on German and French texts written in the original languages or composed with...
Michael Angell 2 2006-Dec-09
The Seasons, Op. 37-bis
I am a pianiste and right now I am styding at franch University -Sorbonne. For my last exam I have to write one "memoire"...
Sanja 2 2006-Nov-14
Flute Concerto
According to Alexander Poznansky's "The Tchaikovsky handbook", Tchaikovsky was planning to compose in 1893, the year of his...
Simon Deschênes 2 2006-Aug-23
Tchaikovsky in Istanbul
Dear friends, we understand that Tchaikovsky once had a trip from Tbilis to France by vessel through Mediterranean sea, and...
Alp Ülgen 2 2006-Jul-29
Piano Duets
I am currently researching for a dissertation about piano duet transcriptions of symphonies. If anyone has any information I'd be...
Ian Shepherd 3 2006-Jul-20
Recent Discoveries
I'm wondering what interesting manuscripts have come to light since the fall of the Berlin wall and the opening up of the ex-Soviet...
Ian Maxwell 2 2006-Jul-16
Vladimir L'vovich Davydov
There is one person from Tchaikovsky's genealogy in who I am exremely curious. It appeared in my mind when I was reading the...
Marcel in Slovakia 2 2006-Jul-02
Tchaikovsky's Nieces
I really appreciate your perfect site about tchaikovsky. When I am reading the life information of Aleksandra (sister) and her...
Levent Özübek 2 2006-Jun-25
Tchaikovsky Cello Concerto
I wrote about four years ago concerning the sketches to the Cello Concerto Tchaikovsky set out to write. I have found those...
Yuriy Leonovich 3 2006-Jun-20
Book by Tchaikovsky?
Dear Tchaikovsky specialists, Would someone be able to assist me in locating the following treatise by Pyotr Tchaikovsky...
Jopi Harri 2 2006-May-21
Tchaikovsky's Family
I'm very interessted in Tchaikovsky's family tree, especially if he or his relatives had children. My name is Tchaikovsky (the real...
Anastassiya Tchaikovsky 2 2006-May-18
Two People
If you kindly let me know your comments about two people mentioed in your site. 1. Karl Albrecht / mentioned in the story...
Levent Özübek 2 2006-May-16
Two Questions
I want to understand two points which I did not understand very well from some written sources. 1. Did Tchaikovsky meet Clara...
Levent Özübek 2 2006-May-07
Polonsky Texts
I'm finding it difficult in locating english translations for Polonsky's Text for Tchaikovsky's songs as well as other poems by Polonsky...
David Capper 2 2006-Feb-25