Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky (russian: Бори́с Алекса́ндрович Чайко́вский; 10 September 1925 – 7 February 1996), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

, born in

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, whose oeuvre includes orchestral works,

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and

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. He is considered as part of the second generation of Russian composers, following in the steps of

Pyotr Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popu ...

(to whom he was not relatedThe Boris Tchaikovsky Society
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. He was admired by

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...

, with whom he studied, who (according to Per Skans in his notes for a recording) suggested in a letter of 1 February 1969 to Isaak Glikman, that "If Barshai's orchestra (the

Moscow chamber orchestra The Moscow Chamber Orchestra (MCO) is a chamber orchestra run under the auspices of the Moscow Philharmonia, a state-run enterprise, formerly under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture (Soviet Union) and now, Ministry of Culture of Russian Fed ...

) makes a guest appearance in Leningrad playing Vainberg's Tenth Symphony and Boris Tchaikovsky's Sinfonietta, you really have to hear them". Of his larger-scale works almost all have been recorded. Boris Tchaikovsky generally wrote in a tonal style, although he made brief forays into

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Selected works

;Stage * ''The Star'' (Звезда), unfinished opera in three scenes (1949); libretto by David Samoilov after the novel by Emmanuil Kazakevich; Moscow Conservatory diploma-work ; Orchestral * ''Procession'' (Шествие) (1946) * Symphony No.1 (1947) * Fantasia on Russian Folk Themes (Фантазия на русские народные темы) (1950) * ''Slavic Rhapsody'' (Славянская рапсодия) (1951) * Symphonietta for string orchestra (1953) * ''The Murmuring Forest'' Orchestral Suite (1953) * ''Capriccio on English Themes'' (Каприччио на английские темы) (1954) * Overture (Увертюра) (1957) * Symphony No.2 (1967) * Chamber Symphony (Камерная симфония) for chamber orchestra (1967) * Theme and Eight Variations (Тема и восемь вариаций) (1973) * Six Etudes (Шесть этюдов) for string orchestra and organ (1976) * Symphony No.3 ''"

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"'' (Севастопольская симфония) (1980) * ''The Winds of Siberia'' (Ветер Сибири), Symphonic Poem (1984) * Four Preludes (Четыре прелюдии) for chamber orchestra (1984) * ''The Juvenile'' (Подросток), Poem for orchestra (1984) * Music for Orchestra (Музыка для оркестра) (1987) * Symphony with Harp (Симфония с арфой) (1993) * ''The Bells'' (Колокола), Prelude for orchestra (1996; completed in short score only) ; Concertos * Concerto for clarinet and chamber orchestra (1957) * Concerto for cello and orchestra (1964) * Concerto for violin and orchestra (1969) * Concerto for piano and orchestra (1971) ; Chamber music * Piano Trio (1953) * String Quartet No.1 (1954) * String Trio (1955) * Sonata for cello and piano (1957) * Sonata for violin and piano (1959) * Suite in D minor for cello solo (1960) * String Quartet No.2 (1961) * Piano Quintet (1962) * ''Partita'' for cello and chamber ensemble (1966) * String Quartet No.3 (1967) * String Quartet No.4 (1972) * String Quartet No.5 (1974) * String Quartet No.6 (1976) * Sextet for wind quintet and harp (1990) ;Piano * ''3 Etudes'' (1935; 1972; 1980) * ''5 Pieces'' (1935) * ''5 Preludes'' (1936) * ''5 Pieces'' (1938) * Sonata No.1 (1944) * ''2 Pieces'' (1945) * Sonatina (1946) * Sonata No.2 (1952) * ''8 Children's Pieces'' (Восемь детских пьес) (1952) * Sonata for two pianos (1973) * ''Pentatonic'' (Пентатоника), 6 Easy Pieces (1993) * ''Natural Modes'' (Натуральные лады), 7 Miniatures (1993) ;Vocal * ''Two Poems by Mikhail Lermontov'' (Два стихотворения М. Ю. Лермонтова) for soprano and piano (1940) * ''Four Poems by Josef Brodsky'' (Четыре стихотворения И. Бродского) for soprano and piano (1965) * ''Lyrics of Pushkin'' (Лирика Пушкина), Song Cycle for soprano and piano (1972) * ''Signs of the Zodiac'' (Знаки Зодиака), Cantata for soprano, harpsichord and string orchestra (1974) * ''The Last Spring'' (Последняя весна), Song Cycle for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet and piano (1980); words by N. Zabolotsky * ''From Kipling'' (Из Киплинга) for mezzo-soprano and viola (1994)

Film scores

References

Literature

External links

The Boris Tchaikovsky Society
— brief biographical information and list of works with discography *
Boris Tchaikovsky at the Russian film database Kino-Teatr

US Premiere of ''Music for Orchestra'' (1987) on February 24, 2010
by the

American Symphony Orchestra The American Symphony Orchestra is a New York-based American orchestra founded in 1962 by Leopold Stokowski whose mission is to demystify orchestral music and make it accessible and affordable for all audiences. Leon Botstein is the orchestra's m ...

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