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The Romans at the Coliseum

(Римляне в колизее)

Musical picture for orchestra (1863/64).

Catalogue References TH 166 ; ČW 427 (as "The Romans at Coliseum")
Date 1863 or 1864
Autograph Location Lost

History

Probably an orchestral piece composed during Tchaikovsky's studies at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Mentioned by Herman Laroche in letters of 11/23 January and 27 January/8 February 1866 to the composer [1], as one of Tchaikovsky's early works which had been "judged particularly harshly on account of their brassy orchestration" [2].

From: The Tchaikovsky Handbook, vol. 1 (2002), p. 348
Copyright © 2002 Alexander Poznansky and Brett Langston

Notes:
  1. Letters from Herman Laroche to the composer, 11/23 January and 27 January/8 February 1866 — Klin House-Museum Archive [back]
  2. Modest Tchaikovsky, Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского, том 1 (1900), p. 204–205 [back]

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