List of compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Portrait of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote several works well known among the general classical public—Romeo and Juliet, the 1812 Overture, and his three ballets: The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and The Sleeping Beauty. These, along with two of his four concertos, three of his six symphonies (seven if his program symphony Manfred is included), and two of his 10 operas, are probably among his most familiar works. Almost as popular are the Manfred Symphony, Francesca da Rimini, the Capriccio Italien, and the Serenade for Strings.

Works by opus number

Works with opus numbers are listed in this section, together with their dates of composition. For a complete list of Tchaikovsky's works, including those without opus numbers, see here.^[1] For more detail on dates of composition, see here.^[2]

• Op. 1 Two Pieces for piano (1867)
  • Scherzo à la russe
  • Impromptu in E-flat minor
• Op. 2 Souvenir de Hapsal, 3 pieces for piano (1867)
• Op. 3 The Voyevoda, opera (1868)
• Op. 4 Valse-caprice in D major, for piano (1868)
• Op. 5 Romance in F minor, for piano (1868)
• Op. 6 6 Romances (1869), including "None but the lonely heart"
• Op. 7 Valse-scherzo in A, for piano (1870)
• Op. 8 Capriccio in G-flat, for piano (1870)
• Op. 9 3 Morceaux, for piano (1870)
  • 1. Rêverie
  • 2. Polka de salon
  • 3. Mazurka de salon
• Op. 10 2 Morceaux, for piano (1871)
  • 1. Nocturne
  • 2. Humoresque
• Op. 11 String Quartet No. 1 in D (1871)
• Op. 12 The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka), incidental music (1873)
• Op. 13 Symphony No. 1 in G minor Winter Daydreams (1866)
• Op. 14 Vakula the Smith, (revised as Cherevichki), opera (1874)
• Op. 15 Festival Overture in D on the Danish National Anthem, for orchestra (1866)
• Op. 16 6 Songs (1872)
  • No. 1 Lullaby (Cradle Song)
  • No. 2 Wait!
  • No. 3 Accept Just Once
  • No. 4 O, Sing That Song
  • No. 5 So What?
  • No. 6 Modern Greek Song
• Op. 17 Symphony No. 2 in C minor Little Russian (1872)
• Op. 18 The Tempest, symphonic fantasia in F minor, after Shakespeare (1873)
• Op. 19 6 Pieces, for piano (1873)
  • 1. Rêverie du soir [Вечерние грезы] (G minor)
  • 2. Scherzo humoristique [Юмористическое скерцо] (D major)
  • 3. Feuillet d'album [Листок из альбом] (D major)
  • 4. Nocturne [Ноктюрн] (C-sharp minor)
  • 5. Capriccioso [Каприччиозо] (B-flat major)
  • 6. Thème original et variations [Тема и вариации] (F major)
• Op. 20 Swan Lake, ballet (1876)
• Op. 21 6 Morceaux on a single theme, for piano (1873)
• Op. 22 String Quartet No. 2 in F (1874)
• Op. 23 Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor (1875)
• Op. 24 Eugene Onegin, opera (1878)
• Op. 25 6 Songs (1874)
  • No. 2 As When Upon Hot Ashes (Over Burning Ashes)
• Op. 26 Sérénade mélancolique in B-flat minor, for violin and orchestra (1875)
• Op. 27 6 Songs (1875)
• Op. 28 6 Songs (1875)
• Op. 29 Symphony No. 3 in D Polish (1875)
• Op. 30 String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat minor (1876)
• Op. 31 Marche slave in B-flat minor, for orchestra (1876)
• Op. 32 Francesca da Rimini, symphonic fantasia in E minor, after Dante Alighieri (1876)
• Op. 33 Variations on a Rococo Theme in A, for cello and orchestra (1876)
• Op. 34 Valse-scherzo in C for violin and orchestra (1877)
• Op. 35 Violin Concerto in D major (1878)
• Op. 36 Symphony No. 4 in F minor (1877)
• Op. 37 Grand Piano Sonata in G (1878) (published as "No. 1", but actually No. 3)
• Op. 37a (or 37b) The Seasons, 12 pieces for piano (1876)
• Op. 38 6 Songs (1878)
• Op. 39 Album pour enfants, 24 pieces for piano (1878)
• Op. 40 12 Morceaux de difficulté moyenne, for piano (1878)
• Op. 41 Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, for unaccompanied chorus (1878)
• Op. 42 Souvenir d'un lieu cher, 3 pieces for violin and piano (1878)
• Op. 43 Orchestral Suite No. 1 in D minor (1879)
• Op. 44 Piano Concerto No. 2 in G (1880)
• Op. 45 Capriccio Italien in A, for orchestra (1880)
• Op. 46 6 Vocal duets, with piano (1880)
• Op. 47 7 Songs (1880)
• Op. 48 Serenade in C for Strings (1880)
• Op. 49 1812 Overture (1880)
• Op. 50 Piano Trio in A minor (1882)
• Op. 51 6 Pieces, for piano (1882)
• Op. 52 All-Night Vigil for unaccompanied chorus (1882)
• Op. 53 Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C (1883)
• Op. 54 16 Children's songs (1883; the 5th song "Legend" was the basis of Anton Arensky's Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a)
• Op. 55 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G (1884)
• Op. 56 Concert Fantasia in G, for piano and orchestra (1884)
• Op. 57 6 Songs (1884)
• Op. 58 Manfred Symphony in B minor (1885)
• Op. 59 Dumka in C minor, for piano (1886)
• Op. 60 12 Songs (1886)
  • No. 6 Wild Nights (Frenzied Nights)
  • No. 7 Gypsy's Song
  • No. 12 Gentle Stars Shone For Us (The Mild Stars Shone For Us)
• Op. 61 Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana" (1887)
• Op. 62 Pezzo capriccioso in B minor, for cello and orchestra (or piano) (1887)
• Op. 63 6 Songs (1887)
• Op. 64 Symphony No. 5 in E minor (1888)
• Op. 65 6 Songs on French texts (1888) (No. 2 Déception, No. 3 Sérénade ("J'aime dans le rayon"), No. 4 Qu'importe que l'hiver, No. 6 Rondel, all on poems by Paul Collin)^[3]
• Op. 66 The Sleeping Beauty, ballet (1889)
• Op. 67a Hamlet, fantasy overture in F minor (1889)
• Op. 67b Hamlet, incidental music (1891)
• Op. 68 The Queen of Spades, opera (1890)
• Op. 69 Iolanta, opera (1891)
• Op. 70 String Sextet in D minor Souvenir de Florence (1890)
• Op. 71 The Nutcracker, ballet (1892)
• Op. 71a The Nutcracker, suite from the ballet (1892)
• Op. 72 18 Pieces, for piano (1893)
• Op. 73 6 Songs (1893)
• Op. 74 Symphony No. 6 in B minor Pathétique (1893)

Opp. 75–80 were published posthumously.

• Op. 75 Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat (1893)
• Op. 76 The Storm, overture in E minor (1864)
• Op. 77 Fatum, symphonic poem in C minor (1868)
• Op. 78 The Voyevoda, symphonic ballad in A minor (1893; unrelated to the earlier opera of the same name, Op. 3)
• Op. 79 Andante and Finale, for piano and orchestra (1893; this was Sergei Taneyev's idea of what Tchaikovsky might have written had he used three of the movements of the abandoned Symphony in E-flat, rather than just the first movement Allegro brillante, when rescoring the symphony as the Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat)
• Op. 80 Piano Sonata No. 2 in C-sharp minor (1865)

Works by genre

Ballets

• Swan Lake, Op. 20 (1875–6)
• The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (1889)
• The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (1892)

Operas

• The Voyevoda (Воевода – The Voivode, Op. 3, 1867–1868)^{[a 1]}
• Undina (Ундина or Undine, 1869, not completed)
• The Oprichnik (Опричник), 1870–1872
• Vakula the Smith (Кузнец Вакула or Kuznets Vakula), Op. 14, 1874^{[a 2]}
• Eugene Onegin (Евгений Онегин or Yevgeny Onegin), Op. 24, 1877–1878
• The Maid of Orleans (Орлеанская дева or Orleanskaya deva), 1878–1879
• Mazepa (or Mazeppa) (Мазепа), 1881–1883
• Cherevichki (Черевички; revision of Vakula the Smith) 1885
• The Enchantress (or The Sorceress, Чародейка or Charodeyka), 1885–1887
• The Queen of Spades (Пиковая дама or Pikovaya dama), Op. 68, 1890
• Iolanta (Иоланта or Iolanthe), Op. 69, 1891^{[a 3]}

Symphonies

• No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, Winter Daydreams (1866)
• No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, Little Russian (1872)
• No. 3 in D major, Op. 29, Polish (1875)
• No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (1877–1878)
• Manfred Symphony, B minor, Op. 58; inspired by Byron's poem Manfred (1885)
• No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (1888)
• Symphony in E-flat (sketched 1892 but abandoned; Tchaikovsky rescored its first movement as the Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat; posthumously, Taneyev rescored two other movements for piano and orchestra as the Andante and Finale; the symphony was reconstructed during the 1950s and subsequently published as "Symphony No. 7")
• No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique (1893)

Concertos and concertante pieces

• Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 (1874-5)
• Sérénade mélancolique, Op. 26, for violin and orchestra (1875)
• Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra, Op. 33 (1876-7)
• Valse-Scherzo for violin and orchestra, Op. 34
• Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (1878)
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 (1879–80)
• Concert Fantasia in G for piano and orchestra, Op. 56 (1884)
• Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62, for cello and Orchestra (1888)
• Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. posth. 75 (1893)
• Andante and Finale for piano and orchestra, Op. posth. 79 (1893)
  • This was Sergei Taneyev's idea of what Tchaikovsky might have written had he used three of the movements of the abandoned Symphony in E-flat, rather than just the first movement Allegro brillante, when rescoring the symphony as the Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat
• Cello Concerto (conjectural work based in part on a 60-bar fragment found on the back of the rough draft for the last movement of the composer's Sixth Symphony).
• Concertstück for Flute and Strings, TH 247 Op. posth. (1893)

Other orchestral works

Program music and commissioned pieces

• The Storm, Op. posth. 76 (1864)
• Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem (1866)
• Fatum, Op. posth. 77 (1868)
• Romeo and Juliet (1870, revised 1880)
• The Tempest, Op. 18 (1873)
• Marche Slave, Op. 31 (1876)
• Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 (1876)
• Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 (1880)
• 1812 Overture, Op. 49 (1882)
• Festival Coronation March (1883)
• Hamlet, Op. 67a (1889)
• The Voyevoda, Op. posth. 78 (1891)

Orchestral suites and Serenade

• Orchestral Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op. 43 (1878–1879)
• Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C major, Op. 53 (1883)
• Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55 (1884)
• Orchestral Suite No. 4 in G major "Mozartiana", Op. 61 (1887)
• Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 (1880)

Incidental music

• Dmitri the Pretender and Vassily Shuisky (1867), incidental music to Alexander Ostrovsky's play Dmitri the Pretender
• The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka), Op. 12 (1873), incidental music for Ostrovsky's play of the same name. Ostrovsky adapted and dramatized a popular Russian fairy tale,^[4] and the score that Tchaikovsky wrote for it was always one of his own favorite works. It contains much vocal music, but it is not a cantata or an opera.
• Montenegrins Receiving News of Russia's Declaration of War on Turkey (1880), music for a tableau.
• The Voyevoda (1886), incidental music for the Domovoy scene from Ostrovsky's A Dream on the Volga
• Hamlet, Op. 67b (1891), incidental music for Shakespeare's play. The score uses music borrowed from Tchaikovsky's overture of the same name, as well as from his Symphony No. 3, and from The Snow Maiden, in addition to original music that he wrote specifically for a stage production of Hamlet. The two vocal selections are a song that Ophelia sings in the throes of her madness and a song for the First Gravedigger to sing as he goes about his work.

Piano

• Two Pieces, Op. 1 (1867)
  • Scherzo à la russe
  • Impromptu
• Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2, 3 pieces (1867)
• Valse-caprice in D major, Op. 4 (1868)
• Romance in F minor, Op. 5 (1868)
• Valse-scherzo in A, Op. 7 (1870)
• Capriccio in G-flat, Op. 8 (1870)
• 3 Morceaux, Op. 9 (1870)
  • 1. Rêverie
  • 2. Polka de salon
  • 3. Mazurka de salon
• 2 Morceaux, Op. 10 (1871)
  • 1. Nocturne
  • 2. Humoresque
• 6 Pieces, Op. 19 (1873)
  • 1. Rêverie du soir [Вечерние грезы] (G minor)
  • 2. Scherzo humoristique [Юмористическое скерцо] (D major)
  • 3. Feuillet d'album [Листок из альбом] (D major)
  • 4. Nocturne [Ноктюрн] (C-sharp minor)
  • 5. Capriccioso [Каприччиозо] (B-flat major)
  • 6. Thème original et variations [Тема и вариации] (F major)
• 6 Morceaux, Op. 21 (1873)
• The Seasons (Les saisons), Op. 37a (1876), 12 pieces
• Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 37b (1878)
• Album pour enfants, Op. 39, 24 pieces for piano (1878)
• 12 Morceaux de difficulté moyenne, Op. 40 (1878)
• Six Morceaux, Op. 51 (1882)
• Dumka, Russian rustic scene in C minor for piano, Op. 59 (1886)
• 18 Morceaux for piano, Op. 72 (1892). Some of these pieces were used in a cello concerto arrangement by Gaspar Cassadó.
• Piano Sonata No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. 80 (1865)

Chamber music

• Adagio molto in E♭ major for string quartet and harp (1863/64)
• String Quartet in B♭ major, Op. posth. (1865)
• String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 (1871)
• String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 22 (1874)
• String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat minor, Op. 30 (1875)
• Souvenir d'un lieu cher (Memory of a Cherished Place) for violin and piano, Op. 42 (Meditation, Scherzo and Melody) (1878)
• Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 (1882)
• String Sextet in D minor (Souvenir de Florence), Op. 70 (1890)

Choral music

A considerable quantity of choral music (about 25 items), including:

• Cantata (Hymn) on the Occasion of the Celebration of the 50th Jubilee of the Singer Osip Afanasievich Petrov, tenor, chorus and orchestra, words by Nikolay Nekrasov (1875; performed at the St Petersburg Conservatory on 6 May 1876, under the conductor Karl Davydov)^[5]
• A Hymn to the Trinity (1877)
• Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41 (1878)
• All-Night Vigil, Op. 52 (1881)
• Moscow (1883)
• 9 Sacred Pieces (alternative name: 9 Church Pieces) (1884–85)^[6][7]

Arrangements of the works of others^[8]

See also

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in popular media

References

Notes

Bibliography

• ed Abraham, Gerald, Music of Tchaikovsky (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1946). ISBN n/a.
  • Abraham, Gerald, "Operas and Incidental Music"
  • Alshvang, A., tr. I. Freiman, "The Songs"
  • Cooper, Martin, "The Symphonies"
  • Dickinson, A.E.F., "The Piano Music"
  • Evans, Edwin, "The Ballets"
  • Mason, Colin, "The Chamber Music"
  • Wood, Ralph W., "Miscellaneous Orchestral Works"
• Brown, David, ed. Stanley Sadie, "Tchaikokvsky, Pyotr Ilyich," The New Grove Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians (London: MacMillian, 1980), 20 vols. ISBN 0-333-23111-2.
• Brown, David, Tchaikovsky: The Early Years, 1840-1874 (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1978). ISBN ISBN 0-393-07535-2.
• Brown, David, Tchaikovsky: The Crisis Years, 1874-1878, (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1983). ISBN 0-393-01707-9.
• Brown, David, Tchaikovsky: The Years of Wandering, 1878-1885, (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1986). ISBN 0-393-02311-7.
• Brown, David, Tchaikovsky: The Final Years, 1885-1893, (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1991). ISBN 0-393-03099-7.
• Brown, David, Tchaikovsky: The Man and His Music (New York: Pegasus Books, 2007). ISBN 0-571-23194-2.
• Maes, Francis, tr. Arnold J. Pomerans and Erica Pomerans, A History of Russian Music: From Kamarinskaya to Babi Yar (Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 2002). ISBN 0-520-21815-9.
• Schonberg, Harold C., Lives of the Great Composers (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 3rd ed. 1997).
• Steinberg, Michael, The Symphony (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995).
• Warrack, John, Tchaikovsky Symphonies and Concertos (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1969). Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 78-105437.
• Warrack, John, Tchaikovsky (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973). SBN 684-13558-2.
• Wiley, Roland John, Tchaikovsky's Ballets (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1985). ISBN 0-19-816249-9.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Operas	The Voyevoda Undina The Oprichnik Vakula the Smith Eugene Onegin The Maid of Orleans Mazepa (or Mazeppa) Cherevichki The Enchantress The Queen of Spades Iolanta
Ballets	Swan Lake The Sleeping Beauty The Nutcracker
Symphonies	No. 1 in G minor ("Winter Daydreams") No. 2 in C minor ("Little Russian") No. 3 in D major ("Polish") No. 4 in F minor Symphony in B minor ("Manfred") No. 5 in E minor No. 6 in B minor ("Pathétique") No. 7 in E♭ major (unfinished)
Concertante	Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ minor Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major Piano Concerto No. 3 in E♭ major Concert Fantasia Andante and Finale Sérénade mélancolique Valse-Scherzo Violin Concerto in D major Variations on a Rococo Theme Pezzo capriccioso Cello Concerto
Orchestral works	Romeo and Juliet The Tempest Hamlet Capriccio Italien Francesca da Rimini The Storm Fatum The Voyevoda 1812 Overture Marche Slave Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem Festival Coronation March Orchestral Suite No. 1 in D minor Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C major Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G major Orchestral Suite No. 4 in G major ("Mozartiana") Serenade for Strings
Vocal music	Liturgy of St John Chrysostom All-Night Vigil Moscow
Chamber music	Quartet Movement in B♭ major String Quartet No. 1 in D major String Quartet No. 2 in F major String Quartet No. 3 in E♭ minor Souvenir d'un lieu cher Piano Trio in A minor String Sextet in D minor (Souvenir de Florence)
Piano music	Scherzo à la russe Souvenir de Hapsal The Seasons (Les saisons) Piano Sonata No. 2 in C♯ minor Grand Piano Sonata in G major
Portrayals	Tchaikovsky (1969 film)
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