Boris Tchaikovsky

Russian composer (1925–1996)

Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Борис Александрович Чайковский; 10 September 1925 – 7 February 1996), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian composer, born in Moscow, whose oeuvre includes orchestral works, chamber music and film music.[1] He is considered as part of the second generation of Russian composers,[clarification needed] following in the steps of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (to whom he was not related[2]) and especially Mussorgsky.

He was admired by Dmitri Shostakovich, with whom he studied, who (according to Per Skans in his notes for a recording)[which?] suggested in a letter of 1 February 1969 to Isaak Glikman, that "If Barshai's orchestra (the Moscow chamber orchestra) makes a guest appearance in Leningrad playing Vainberg's Tenth Symphony and Boris Tchaikovsky's Sinfonietta, you really have to hear them".[citation needed]

Of his larger-scale works almost all have been recorded.[citation needed] Boris Tchaikovsky generally wrote in a tonal style, although he made brief forays into serialism.[clarification needed]

## Selected works

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Stage

* The Star (Звезда), unfinished opera in three scenes (1949); libretto by David Samoilov after the novel by Emmanuil Kazakevich; Moscow Conservatory diploma-work

Orchestral

* Procession (Шествие) (1946)
* Symphony No.1 (1947)
* Fantasia on Russian Folk Themes (Фантазия на русские народные темы) (1950)
* Slavic Rhapsody (Славянская рапсодия) (1951)
* Symphonietta for string orchestra (1953)
* The Murmuring Forest Orchestral Suite (1953)
* Capriccio on English Themes (Каприччио на английские темы) (1954)
* Overture (Увертюра) (1957)
* Symphony No.2 (1967)
* Chamber Symphony (Камерная симфония) for chamber orchestra (1967)
* Theme and Eight Variations (Тема и восемь вариаций) (1973)
* Six Etudes (Шесть этюдов) for string orchestra and organ (1976)
* Symphony No.3 "Sevastopol" (Севастопольская симфония) (1980)
* The Winds of Siberia (Ветер Сибири), Symphonic Poem (1984)
* Four Preludes (Четыре прелюдии) for chamber orchestra (1984)
* The Juvenile (Подросток), Poem for orchestra (1984)
* Music for Orchestra (Музыка для оркестра) (1987)
* Symphony with Harp (Симфония с арфой) (1993)
* The Bells (Колокола), Prelude for orchestra (1996; completed in short score only)

Concertos

* Concerto for clarinet and chamber orchestra (1957)
* Concerto for cello and orchestra (1964)
* Concerto for violin and orchestra (1969)
* Concerto for piano and orchestra (1971)

Chamber music

* Piano Trio (1953)
* String Quartet No.1 (1954)
* String Trio (1955)
* Sonata for cello and piano (1957)
* Sonata for violin and piano (1959)
* Suite in D minor for cello solo (1960)
* String Quartet No.2 (1961)
* Piano Quintet (1962)
* Partita for cello and chamber ensemble (1966)
* String Quartet No.3 (1967)
* String Quartet No.4 (1972)
* String Quartet No.5 (1974)
* String Quartet No.6 (1976)
* Sextet for wind quintet and harp (1990)

Piano

* 3 Etudes (1935; 1972; 1980)
* 5 Pieces (1935)
* 5 Preludes (1936)
* 5 Pieces (1938)
* Sonata No.1 (1944)
* 2 Pieces (1945)
* Sonatina (1946)
* Sonata No.2 (1952)
* 8 Children's Pieces (Восемь детских пьес) (1952)
* Sonata for two pianos (1973)
* Pentatonic (Пентатоника), 6 Easy Pieces (1993)
* Natural Modes (Натуральные лады), 7 Miniatures (1993)

Vocal

* Two Poems by Mikhail Lermontov (Два стихотворения М. Ю. Лермонтова) for soprano and piano (1940)
* Four Poems by Josef Brodsky (Четыре стихотворения И. Бродского) for soprano and piano (1965)
* Lyrics of Pushkin (Лирика Пушкина), Song Cycle for soprano and piano (1972)
* Signs of the Zodiac (Знаки Зодиака), Cantata for soprano, harpsichord and string orchestra (1974)
* The Last Spring (Последняя весна), Song Cycle for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet and piano (1980); words by N. Zabolotsky
* From Kipling (Из Киплинга) for mezzo-soprano and viola (1994)

### Film scores

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Year  | English title  | Original title  | Notes

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1952  |  | Опасный рельс  | directed by Khanan Shmain
1956  | Murder on Dante Street | Убийство на улице Данте  | directed by Mikhail Romm
1957  |  | Обыкновенный человек  | directed by Alexander Stolbov
1958  | October Days | В дни Октября  | directed by Sergei Vasilyev
Journey Beyond Three Seas | Pardesi; Хождение за три моря  | directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Vasili Pronin
1959  |  | Заре навстречу  | directed by Tatyana Lukashevich
Anyuta | Анюта  | segment from Three Tales of Chekhov; directed by Meri Andzhaparidze
1960  | Splendid Days | Серёжа  | directed by Georgi Daneliya and Igor Talankin
1961  |  | В пути  | directed by Meri Andzhaparidze
1962  | "The Tram to other Cities"  | Трамвай в другие города  | directed by Yuli Fait
1963  | Summer Is Over | Пропало лето  | directed by Rolan Bykov and Nikita Orlov
| Прочь с дороги!  | directed by E. Shorokh
| Жертва  | directed by Meri Andzhaparidze
1964  | Balzaminov's Marriage | Женитьба Бальзаминова  | directed by Konstantin Voynov
The front is in defense  | Пока фронт в обороне  | directed by Yuli Fait
1965  | "The Road to a Sea"  | Дорога к морю  | directed by Irina Poplavskaya
1966  | A Boy and A Girl  | Мальчик и девочка  | directed by Yuli Fait
Aybolit-66 | Айболит-66  | directed by Rolan Bykov
1967  | Autumn Weddings | Осенние свадьбы  | directed by Boris Yashin
1968  |  | Первая девушка  | directed by Boris Yashin
1969  |  | Гори, гори моя звезда  | directed by Alexander Mitta
1971  |  | Нюркина жизнь  | directed by Anatoli Bobrovsky
1974  | Moscow, My Love | Москва, любовь моя  | directed by Alexander Mitta and Kenji Yoshida (吉田憲二; Кэндзи Ёсида)
Shower | Ливень  | directed by Boris Yashin
1976  |  | Собственное мнение  | directed by Yuli Karasik
| Долги наши  | directed by Boris Yashin
1978  |  | Лоскутик и облако  | animated film; directed by Rasa Strautmane
| Как тоску одолели  | animated film; directed by Yuri Trofimov
| Расмус–бродяга  | directed by Maria Muat
A French Lessons | Уроки французского  | directed by Yevgeny Tashkov
1979  |  | Северная сказка  | directed by Rasa Strautmane
1983  |  | Подросток  | TV mini-series; directed by Yevgeny Tashkov
1984  |  | Зелёный остров  | directed by Yuli Fait
1987  |  | Ловкачи  | directed by Yevgeny Tashkov

## References

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1. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 130–131. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
2. ^ The Boris Tchaikovsky Society

## Literature

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* Grigor'yeva, Galina (2001). "Boris Aleksandrovich Chaykovsky". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.‎

## External links

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* The Boris Tchaikovsky Society
* Onno van Rijen's Boris Tchaikovsky page — brief biographical information and list of works with discography
* Boris Tchaikovsky at IMDb
* Boris Tchaikovsky at the Russian film database Kino-Teatr (in Russian)
* US Premiere of Music for Orchestra (1987) on February 24, 2010 by the American Symphony Orchestra

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