Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky was a Soviet composer

Composer

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, born in Moscow

Moscow

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, whose oeuvre includes orchestral works, chamber music

Chamber music

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 and film music

Film score

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. He is considered as part of the second generation of Russian composers, following in the steps of Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...

 (to whom he was not related) and especially Mussorgsky

Modest Mussorgsky

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as 'The Five'. He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period...

.

He was admired by Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....

, with whom he studied, who (according to Per Skans in his notes for a recording) suggested in a letter of February 1, 1969 to Isaak Glikman, that "If Barshai's

Rudolf Barshai

Rudolf Borisovich Barshai was a Soviet/Russian conductor and violist.Barshai was born in Stanitsa Lobinskaya, Krasnodar Krai, and studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Lev Tseitlin and Vadim Borisovsky. He performed as a soloist as well as together with Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh, and...

 orchestra (the Moscow chamber orchestra

Moscow Chamber Orchestra

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) makes a guest appearance in Leningrad playing Vainberg's Tenth Symphony and Boris Tchaikovsky's Sinfonietta, you really have to hear them".

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

Serialism

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Selected works

Stage

• The Star (Звезда), unfinished opera in 3 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)
• 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
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  " (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

Year	English title	Original title	Notes
1952		Опасный рельс	directed by Khanan Shmain
1956	Murder on Dante Street	Убийство на улице Данте	directed by Mikhail Romm Mikhail Romm Mikhail Ilych Romm was a Soviet film director.He was born in Irkutsk. His father was a social democrat of Jewish descent who had been exiled there. He graduated from gymnasium in 1917 and entered the Moscow College for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture...
1957		Обыкновенный человек	directed by Alexander Stolbov
1958	October Days	В дни Октября	directed by Sergei Vasilyev Sergei Vasilyev Sergei Dmitrievich Vasilyev was a Soviet film director, editor, and screenwriter. From 1928 to 1943 together with Georgi Vasilyev he co-directed several films, including an influential and critically acclaimed Chapaev...
	Journey Beyond Three Seas	Pardesi; Хождение за три моря	directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Khwaja Ahmad Abbas , popularly known as K. A. Abbas, was an Indian film director, novelist, screenwriter, and a journalist in the Urdu, Hindi and English languages...  and Vasili Pronin
1959		Заре навстречу	directed by Tatyana Lukashevich
	Anyuta	Анюта	segment from Three Tales of Chekhov; directed by Meri Andzhaparidze
1960	Seryozha	Серёжа	directed by Georgi Daneliya Georgi Daneliya Georgi Daneliya is a Soviet/Georgian/Russian film director, who became known throughout the Soviet Union for his "sad comedies" .Daneliya graduated from the Moscow Architecture Institute and worked as an architect...  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 Rolan Bykov Rolan Antonovich Bykov was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, script writer, poet, song writer. He was awarded People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1973 and the USSR State Prize in 1986.Rolan Bykov was born to a Jewish family in Kiev....  and Nikita Orlov
		Прочь с дороги!	directed by E. Shorokh
		Жертва	directed by Meri Andzhaparidze
1964	Balzaminov's Marriage Balzaminov's Marriage -Cast:* Georgy Vitsyn - Balzaminov* Lyudmila Shagalova - His Mother* Lidiya Smirnova - Matchmaker* Yekaterina Savinova - Matryona* Zhanna Prokhorenko - Kapochka* Lyudmila Gurchenko - Ustinka* Tamara Nosova - Nichkina...	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 Aybolit-66 Aybolit-66 is a 1966 Soviet comedy film for children by Rolan Bykov. It is based on a story by Kornei Chukovsky. The film features Oleg Yefremov as the good Aibolit and Rolan Bykov as the evil Barmalei.-Cast:* Oleg Yefremov as Aibolit...	Айболит-66	directed by Rolan Bykov Rolan Bykov Rolan Antonovich Bykov was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, script writer, poet, song writer. He was awarded People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1973 and the USSR State Prize in 1986.Rolan Bykov was born to a Jewish family in Kiev....
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 Alexander Mitta Alexander Naumovich Mitta is a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor.Mitta's birth name was Alexander Naumovich Rabinovich . He studied engineering , then worked as a cartoonist in art and humour magazines...
1971		Нюркина жизнь	directed by Anatoli Bobrovsky
1974	Moscow, My Love	Москва, любовь моя	directed by Alexander Mitta Alexander Mitta Alexander Naumovich Mitta is a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor.Mitta's birth name was Alexander Naumovich Rabinovich . He studied engineering , then worked as a cartoonist in art and humour magazines...  and Kenji Yoshida Kenji Yoshida is a Japanese anime producer and illustrator. He is the co-founder of the Tatsunoko Production animation studio and former president . Yoshida is the younger brother of Tatsuo Yoshida and the older brother of Ippei Kuri.-External links:...  (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

External links

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