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List of compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote many works well-known to the general classical public, including Romeo and Juliet, the 1812 Overture, and the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. These, along with two of his four concertos, three of his symphonies and two of his ten operas, are 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. For more detail on dates of composition, see here.

  • Op. 1 Two Pieces for piano (1867)
  • Scherzo à la russe in B major
  • Impromptu in E 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, 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 Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden), 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 альбома] (D major)
  • 4. Nocturne [Ноктюрн] (C minor)
  • 5. Capriccioso [Каприччиозо] (B 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 minor (1875)
  • Op. 24 Eugene Onegin, opera (1878)
  • Op. 25 6 Songs (1874)
  • No. 1 Reconciliation
  • No. 2 As When Upon Hot Ashes (Over Burning Ashes)
  • No. 3 Mignon's Song
  • No. 4 The Canary
  • No. 5 I Never Spoke To Her
  • No. 6 As They Repeated: "Fool"
  • Op. 26 Sérénade mélancolique in B 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 minor (1876)
  • Op. 31 Marche slave in B 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 (or 37a) Grand Piano Sonata in G (1878)
  • Op. 37a (or 37b) The Seasons, 12 pieces for piano (1876)
  • # January: At the fireside
  • # February: Carnival
  • # March: Song of the Lark
  • # April: Snowdrop
  • # May: Starlit Nights
  • # June: Barcarolle
  • # July: Song of the Reaper
  • # August: Harvest
  • # September: The Hunt
  • # October: Autumn Song
  • # November: Troika
  • # December: Christmas
  • Op. 38 6 Songs (1878)
  • Op. 39 Album pour enfants, 24 pieces for piano (1878)
  • # Morning Prayer
  • # Winter Morning
  • # Playing Hobby-Horses
  • # Mama
  • # March of the Wooden Soldiers
  • # The New Doll
  • # The Sick Doll
  • # The Doll's Funeral
  • # Waltz
  • # Polka
  • # Mazurka
  • # Russian Song
  • # The Harmonica Player
  • # Kamarinskaya
  • # Peasant Prelude
  • # Italian song
  • # Old French Song
  • # German Song
  • # Nanny's Story
  • # Baba Yaga (The Sorcerer)
  • # Sweet Dreams
  • # Lark Song
  • # In Church
  • # The Song of the Organ-Grinder
  • Op. 40 12 Morceaux de difficulté moyenne, for piano (1878)
  • #Etude: Allegro giusto (G major)
  • #Chanson triste: Allegro non troppo (G minor)
  • #Marche funèbre: Tempo di Marcia funebre (C minor)
  • #Mazurka: Tempo di Mazurka (C major)
  • #Mazurka: Tempo di Mazurka (D major)
  • #Chant sans paroles: Allegro moderato: (A minor)
  • #Au village: Andante sostenuto: (A minor–C major)
  • #Valse: Tempo di Valse (A♭ major)
  • #Valse: Tempo di Valse (F♯ minor)
  • #Danse russe: Andantino (A minor)
  • #Scherzo: Allegro vivacissimo (D minor)
  • #Rêverie interrompue: Andante un poco rubato e con molto espressione (A♭ major)
  • 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)
  • #If Only I Had Known
  • #Softly the Spirit Flew up to Heaven
  • #Dusk Fell on the Earth
  • #Sleep, Poor Friend
  • #I Bless You, Forests
  • #Does the Day Reign?
  • #Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass in the Meadow?
  • 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)
  • #Valse de salon (A major)
  • #Polka peu dansante (B minor)
  • #Menuetto scherzoso (E major)
  • #Natha-Valse (A major)
  • #Romance (F major)
  • #Valse sentimentale (F minor)
  • 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 Romances on words by K. Romanov (1887)
  • No. 1 I Didn't Love You At First [Я сначала тебя не любила]
  • No. 2 I Opened The Window [Растворил я окно]
  • No. 3 I Do Not Please You [Я вам не нравлюсь]
  • No. 4 The First Meeting [Первое свидание]
  • No. 5 The Fires In The Rooms Were Already Out [Уж гасли в комнатах огни]
  • No. 6 Serenade: O Child! Beneath Your Window [Серенада (О, дитя! под окошком твоим)]
  • 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)
  • 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 Romances (6 Songs) (1893)
  • Op. 74 Symphony No. 6 in B minor Pathétique (1893)

Opp. 75–80 were published posthumously.

Works by genre

Ballets

Operas

  • The Voyevoda, Op. 3/TH 1 (Воевода – The Voivode, 1867–1868)
  • Undina, TH 2 (Ундина or Undine, 1869, not completed)
  • The Oprichnik, TH 3 (Опричник) 1870–1872
  • Vakula the Smith, Op. 14/TH 4 (Кузнец Вакула or Kuznets Vakula), 1874
  • Eugene Onegin, Op. 24/TH 5 (Евгений Онегин or Yevgeny Onegin), 1877–1878
  • The Maid of Orleans, TH 6 (Орлеанская дева or Orleanskaya deva), 1878–1879
  • Mazepa (or Mazeppa), TH 7 (Мазепа), 1881–1883
  • Cherevichki, TH 8 (Черевички; revision of Vakula the Smith) 1885
  • The Enchantress, TH 9 (or The Sorceress, Чародейка or Charodeyka), 1885–1887
  • The Queen of Spades, Op. 68/TH 10 (Пиковая дама or Pikovaya dama), 1890
  • Iolanta (Иоланта), Op. 69/TH 11, 1891

Symphonies

Concertos and concertante pieces

Other orchestral works

  • Ode an die Freude (Schiller), für SATB Solo, SATB und großes Orchester (1865)

Program music and commissioned pieces

Orchestral suites and Serenade

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, 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, 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 minor)
  • 5. Capriccioso [Каприччиозо] (B 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. 37 (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 minor, Op. posth. 80 (1865)
  • The Volunteer Fleet March in C major, TH 140; ČW 149 - was written in 1878 to help raise money for victims of the war between Russia and Turkey.

Chamber music

Choral music

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

Arrangements of the works of others

See also

Notes

References

Bibliography

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  • Mason, Colin, "The Chamber Music"
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