Tchaikovsky
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Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony
Руководство к практическому изучению гармоний
Text Book (1871).
| Catalogue References: | TH 255 ; ČW 513. |
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| Date: | July–August 1871. |
| Language: | Russian. |
| Autograph Location: | Moscow: Glinka State Central Museum of Musical Culture. |
| First Publication: | Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1872. |
| External Links: |
Internet Music Score Library Project
(complete English translation). |
History
Tchaikovsky presumably wrote his manual on commission. The text of the manual was sent to Petr Jurgenson in sections. According to Nikolai Kašhkin's memoirs, the Guide was based on one of Tchaikovsky's lectures at the Moscow Conservatory, written down by one of his students [1] .
From: Polina Vaidman, Liudmila Korabel'nikova, Valentina
Rubtsova,
Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (2006),
p. 837
Translated by Brett Langston
Notes:
- Nikolai Kashkin, Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском (1954), pp. 54–55 [back]