Symphony No. 4 in F Minor: Opus 36

by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

In Tchaikovsky's symphonic output, his Symphony No. 4 was a pivotal work. It announced the composer as a major symphonist of his time, overshadowing his previous, less-than-distinguished efforts in this form, and opened the way to his last, major, works: the haunting Fifth Symphony and the biographical Sixth, the profound Path?tique.
Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony -- written in 1877 at the age of thirty-seven -- offers itself as an intensely personal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486404218
• ISBN13: 9780486404219
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher

Customer Reviews

Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony

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Fate. Bittersweetness. Joke. Russian Folk Song. = FANTASTIC

The "Fate" theme is from the first movement. The bittersweetness is the the second movement. The joke or "Scherzo" is in the third movement, and the Russian Folk song is the fourth movement. FANTASTIC. When I got this item of Tchaikovsky's fourth symphony, I was really enthusiastic with it. I'd always like to read it whenever I felt like to listen to the symphony, and I'm really inspired by the notes everytime I see it. Music has been my obsession for many years, and as I see and hear Tchaikovsky's fourth symphony, I feel the great expressions he's expressing. Tchaikovsky, to me, is a composer you could sense out quite easily. I'd say that he's nearly as famous as Beethoven.