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Composer

Peter Tchaikovsky

2,512 works in the index

Birthplace
Votkinsk
Citizenship / historical state
Russian Empire
Period (estimated from birth year)
Romantic

Biography

Tchaikovsky wrote the most recognisable orchestral music of the nineteenth century and a great deal of piano and vocal music that almost nobody plays, and the catalogue reflects both — thousands of entries, most of them arrangements of the famous works for every conceivable combination.

The genuine piano repertoire worth knowing is The Seasons, twelve character pieces of moderate difficulty that are among the best intermediate Romantic writing there is, and the Album for the Young, which is exactly what it says. The First Piano Concerto is advanced and the arrangements of it are legion; check what you are buying, because "Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto" covers everything from the full two-piano score to an eight-bar simplification.

For the ballets, the same caution applies twice over. Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty exist as full scores, piano reductions, suites, and hundreds of arrangements at every grade. The listing rarely tells you which, so look at the page count.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, violin, Flute, Orchestra, Cello
Genres represented
Classical, Christmas, pop, Jazz, Pop
Works with composition dates
44 of 2,512

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 2 of 53

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Symphony No. 6 (Theme) — —— Piano, Bassoon, TubaClassical 11
Romance, Op. 5 1868IMSLP Op. 5— Piano, Flute, Oboe, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, Saxophone, Tenor SaxophoneClassical 14
Chant Sans Parole, Op. 2, No. 3, From Souvenir De Hapsal 1867IMSLP Op. 2, No. 3— Piano— 12
German Song — —— Piano— 13
Lullaby 1868IMSLP —— Piano, violinClassical 13
Reverie Op 39 No 21 — Op 39 No 21— Piano— 11
Overture — —— —— 21
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op. 33 — op. 33— PianoClassical 10
Concerto No. 1 — —— Piano— 12
Piano Concerto No.1 1874Wikidata —— Piano, violin, Voice, SaxophoneClassical 10
Waltz from Album for the Young — —— Piano, Organ, Guitar, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Horn, Clarinet, English Horn, Viola— 17
2. Valse — —— Harp, Bassoon, Timpani, percussion, SaxophoneClassical 10
Theme from Piano Concerto — —— Guitar— 11
Symphony Pathetique — —— PianoClassical 14
Pathetique Symphony — —— PianoClassical 11
Song without Words — —— PianoClassical 10
Russian Song — —— Piano, Flute, Clarinet, TromboneClassical, pop 11
Suite No. 3, Op. 55 1884IMSLP Op. 55— Piano, Harp, Organ, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Double Bass, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Timpani, TrumpetClassical 11
Sweet Reverie (Douce Reverie) — —— PianoClassical 9
Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" — —— Piano, Cello, ClarinetClassical 14
Pathetique — —— Harmonica— 11
Polka — —— —— 13
Tchaikovsky: Collection II (6 Piano Pieces) — —— Piano— 11
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: f) Danse des mirlitons. Moderato assai — op. 71a— Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Horn, Timpani, Tuba, percussion, Xylophone, Euphonium, Tenor SaxophoneClassical 10
Lenski's Aria — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 9
Dance of the Reed Pipes — —— PianoClassical 12
Morning Prayer from Album for the Young, Op. 39 — Op. 39— Piano, Organ, Guitar, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Horn, Clarinet, English Horn, Saxophone, Viola, TenorClassical 6
2. Little Flutes (Mirlitons) — —— Timpani, percussion— 10
Souvenir de Hapsal, Op. 2 1867IMSLP Op. 2— Piano, Clarinet— 10
Mazurka, Op.39 No.10 — Op.39 No.10— —— 11
Scene & Arioso Lisa 1891IMSLP —— VoiceClassical 9
Chanson Russe from Album for the Young — —— Piano, Cello— 10
2. Serenade — —— —— 71
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 35 1878IMSLP op. 35D major Piano, violinClassical 8
2. February - Carnival — —— PianoClassical 8
11. November - Sleigh Ride (Troika) — —— PianoClassical 7
4. April - Snowdrop — —— PianoClassical 9
12. December - Christmas — —— PianoClassical 8
Barcarolle in G Minor (June), Op. 37, No. 6, from "The Seasons" — Op. 37, No. 6G minor PianoClassical 11
Mazurka de Salon, Op. 9, No. 3 1870IMSLP Op. 9, No. 3— PianoClassical 8
Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy — —— Piano— 11
Theme from Piano Concerto No. 1 — —— Piano— 27
Scene — —— Piano, Harp, Timpani, percussionClassical 12
The Hobby Horse — —— PianoClassical 8
The Doll's Burial — —— PianoClassical 8
The Organ Grinder — —— Piano, Flute, Clarinet, TromboneClassical, pop 6
Danse napolitaine — —— Harp, violin, Timpani, percussion— 6
Two Christmas Miniatures — —— Organ— 9

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 99258155. Portrait: Nikolai Kuznetsov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.