Tchaikovsky Research : Serenade for N. G. Rubinstein's Name-Day (TH 43)

Catalogue References	TH 43 ; ČW 40
Date	December 1872 (as "Serenade to Nikolaj Rubinštejn's Name Day")
Key	A minor
Tempo/Section Listing	Andantino quasi Allegretto (A minor, 50 bars)
Instrumentation	Flute, 2 Clarinets (A) + Horn (F), Trumpet (D) + Violins I, Violins II, Violas, Cellos, Double Basses
Notable Performances	Moscow, Nikolay Rubinstein’s apartment, 6/18 December 1872 (private performance) Moscow, 5 November 1953, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Konstantin Ivanov (first public performance)
Autograph Location	Moscow (Russia): Glinka National Museum Consortium of Musical Culture (ф. 88, No. 84)
First Publication	Moscow: Muzgiz, 1961
Average Duration	3 minutes
Dedication	Nikolay Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1835–1881)
External Links	IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library (downloadable score)

History

Composed and scored in December 1872 in Moscow. The manuscript is dated 1/13 December 1872.

The first page of the manuscript bears a note by Karl Albrecht: "Serenade, comp[osed] by P. I. Tchaikovsky and performed on 6 Dec. 1872 [O.S.] by students of the Conservatory at 6 pm for the name-day of Nikolay Grigoryevich Rubinstein".

Serenade for N. G. Rubinstein's Name-Day

(Серенада к именинам Н. Г. Рубинштейна)

History