Song of the Day: "Slavischer Marsch" Op. 31 by Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) -en-

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Between September 20 and October 2, 1876, Tchaikovsky received an order from the director of the Russian Musical Society Nikolay Rubinstein (1829-1894), younger brother of the celebrated pianist Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894), to compose an orchestral piece , in order to assist the wounded Serbs through a charity concert to aid victims of the conflict between Serbia and the Ottoman-Turkish empire.

Up to the time of publication, the composer himself referred to the work as a Russian-Servian, the autographed inscription of the manuscript openly said: "Russian-Servian marching about Slavic folk themes." Published as "Slavian March" Op. 31, it was from its first presentation, on November 17, 1876 under the regency Nikolai Rubinstein, warmly received by the public, and specialized critic.

Organized in a programmatic way, in the first theme, right at the beginning of the work, indicated to be performed "at the speed of a funeral march," the composer uses the melody of the song "Сунце јарко, ne сијаш једнако". In 1:10 comes a second theme, this original, and more optimistic. In 1:26 the composer develops his original melody, as a bridge for the return of the first theme, which reappears at 2:16, with a more elaborate orchestration.

After the exhibition of both themes, at 3:00 minutes, after the announcement of trumpets and horns, we have another musical reference external to the work. From the song Prag je ovo milog Srba, developed until 4:40, when it enters parts of the song [Боже Цапя храни](

), also used in his 1812 Opening of 1880.

After the development of the "God Save the Czar", the first theme returns at 5:45 followed by the second. In 6:44 after a brief solo of the cellos, the eardrums announce the melody of the final section of Радо иде Србин у војнике, first performed by the clarinets. In 7:42 comes the theme of ["Боже Цапя храни"](

), who present the coda to the end of the work.

In spite of its programmatic structure we can say that it is a piece that closely resembles the sonata form, since we have two themes that we could interpret as an exhibition, the development with the themes extracted from the melodies "Prag je ovo milog Srba" and " Радо иде Србин у војнике ". A recapitulation with the initial themes, followed by the coda.

Here in the interpretation of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, in a recording of 1993, under the regency of Zubin Mehta (*1936)

Hope you enjoy = D

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Guilherme Faquetti
March 12, 2019


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References:

http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/Slavonic_March
https://imslp.org/wiki/File:SIBLEY1802.15848.a609-39087009470826score.pdf
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcha_Eslava
http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/Nikolay_Rubinstein
http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/Anton_Rubinstein


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