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| | 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. |
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