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  Tchaikovsky : Overtures : Slavonic March   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The march was commissioned by the director of the Russian Musical Society for a concert in aid of the Red Cross Society (1).
During its composition and up to the time of publication, the composer himself referred to the march as the "Serbo-Russian": the autograph inscription on the title page of the manuscript score reads: "Serbo-Russian march on Slavonic folk themes" (3).
On the manuscript of the piano arrangement of the march, the author marked the titles of the songs he used at the corresponding points in the score (4).
www.tchaikovsky-research.net /en/Works/th045.html   (556 words)

  
 Slavonic March - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Slavonic March (also commonly known by its French title Marche slave) is a musical composition written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
In June 1876, Turkish soldiers killed a large number of Christian Slavs.
Nikolay Rubinstein, a close friend of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, asked him to compose a piece for a concert benefiting the victims of the Turkish killings.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slavonic_March   (244 words)

  
 Slavonic March, Op. 31
He responded with the present work, which was known for many years by its French title, Marche slave.
In his letters, Tchaikovsky referred to it as his "Russo-Serbian March"; he completed the score on October 17, 1876, and the first performance took place six weeks later (November 17), in Moscow, with Nikolai Rubinstein conducting.
Henceforward I shall take every opportunity of conducting." Some years later, in his concert tours in both Europe and America, it was the Slavonic March that he favored most frequently to bring a single event or a series of concerts to a rousing conclusion.
www.kennedy-center.org /calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=composition&composition_id=3218   (395 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture Op. 49; Slavonic March Op. 31: Music: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky,Carlo Maria ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Steinberg's MARCHE SLAVE is OK if you like it fast, but I prefer this work to have a little more gravitas.
Marche Slav was also good, but not spectacular.
If you're willing to pay more, there is an excellent CD of all of these same pieces with Sian Edwards conducting the Royal Philharmonic orchestra ("Classics for Pleasure" label).
www.amazon.com /Tchaikovsky-1812-Overture-Slavonic-March/dp/B000000UW3   (1440 words)

  
 Sheet Music Plus - Marche Slav (Slavonic March) Opus 31, originally for Orchestra, transcribed by the composer for ...
Sheet Music Plus - Marche Slav (Slavonic March) Opus 31, originally for Orchestra, transcribed by the composer for Piano, (Oxana Yablonskaya)
Marche Slav (Slavonic March) Opus 31, originally for Orchestra, transcribed by the composer for Piano, (Oxana Yablonskaya)
About Marche Slav (Slavonic March) Opus 31, originally for Orchestra, transcribed by the composer for Piano, (Oxana Yablonskaya)
www.sheetmusicplus.com /a/item.html?item=4294086&id=107615   (111 words)

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