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Description

Description

Part 1 provides information on the complete compositions of Tchaikovsky including music incipits of all movements, year of creation, dedicatee, world premiere, instrumentation, documents on the history of the work, a list of the sources, references to letters or subsequent printed editions, and bibliography.
Part 2 contains, for the first time, a complete survey of Tchaikovsky's literary works.

Content

 Main Sections of Contents
Preface to the 2nd Edition
Preface
Th HIstory and the Current State of Cajkovskij's Archives
Studies and Publications Concerning Cajkovskij's Manuscripts
Publishers and Publications of Cajkovskij's Works
Structure and Components of the Works' Description
Abbreviations
ISO System of Transliteration
Musical Works
I. Stage Works
1. Operas
2. Ballets
3. Incidental Music
4. Incidental Music: Seperate Items
II. Orchestral Works
1. Symphonies
2. Suites
3. Overtures, Fantasies, and Other Orchestral Works
4. Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
a) Concertos
b) Concert Pieces
III. Choral Works
1. Cantatas
2. Choruses
3. Sacred Choral Works
IV. Chamber Instrumental Works
1. Works for Chamber Ensemble
2. Piano Works
3. Instrumental Pieces with Piano Accompaniment
V. Chamber Vocal Works
1. Romances and Songs
2. Vocal Ensembles
3. Album Notes and Musical Letters
VI. Student Exercises in Composition and Instrumentation
VII. Transcriptions, Arrangements, and Editions
1. Transcriptions and Arrangements of C.'s Own Works
2. Arrangements and Editions of Folk Songs
3. Orchestrations, Arrangements, and Editions of Other Composers' Works
VIII. Lost Works
IX. Unfinished Works
X. Unrealized Plans
1. Operas
2. Ballets
3. Works for Orchestra
4. Concertos and Concert Pieces
5. Cantatas
6. Piano Works
Works for Violin or Cello with Piano
8. Romances
9. Vocal Ensembles
Literary Works
1. Musical Textbooks and Other Educational Writings
2. Articles, Reviews, Notes, Open Letters, Letters to Editors, Interviews
3. Speeches
4. Rhymes
5. Translations
6. Juvenilia
Lost Literarv Writings
8. Uncompleted Literary Works and Unrealized Projects
Supplements
Indexes