Opus 35 tchaikovsky biography
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THE STORY BEHIND: Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
The Story:In certain ways, the year was one of the worst in the life of Peter I. Tchaikovsky, and in other ways, it was one of the best.
The composer spent most of the year in Western Europe (notably Italy and Switzerland) recovering from a shattered marriage and a near breakdown.
Opus 35 tchaikovsky biography
During January, he finished the depressive Fourth Symphony and soon afterward his operatic masterpiece,Eugene Onegin. Tchaikovsky spent March and April in the Swiss resort town of Clarens, and it was there, in a sudden burst of inspiration, that he wrote one of the most brilliant and cheerful of all his works, the Violin Concerto.
For a technical advisor, Tchaikovsky had Iosef Kotek, the young Russian violinist. Within 11 days, the composer had completed sketches for the concerto. In early April, he replaced the second movement with the presentCanzonettaand quickly scored the entire work.
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