Very few people know that this piece originally had title Serbian-Russian March. This composition was inspired by the events of the Serbian-Turkish War of 1876. It was created at the request of a close friend of Tchaikovsky's, Nikolai Rubinstein, director of Musical Society, to write a work that would be performed at a charity concert of the Red Cross for the Russians wounded in this war. Tchaikovsky agreed and wrote this work in a very short time. At first, the composer intended to write a symphonic fantasy, but nevertheless decided that the elements of three Serbian folk songs: "The bright sun, you do not shine equally", "This is the doorstep of Serbia" and "Powder dust" (the second part of the song "Gladly goes Serb in soldiers"), merge into one composition. At the end of the composition, he used the melody of the Russian anthem "God, Guard the King". The first part of this composition describes the suffering of Serbs under Turkish occupation and war crimes in the Balkans, in which Tchaikovsky used two Serbian folk songs. Then, followed by the second part describing the uprising of the Serbs and the gathering of Russian volunteers ready to come to the aid of their brothers. The third part causes the greatest emotions of the listener because it shows the death, withdrawal and anguish of the wounded Serbia. The last, most lively part is the march of Russian volunteers! The premiere of the Serbian-Russian Marsh was held on November 5th 1876 at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, under the conductor Nikolai Rubinstein and caused the real sensation, which grew into a patriotic event. The conductor had to repeat the work as a whole. Three days later, on November 8, 1876, Tchaikovsky wrote a letter to his sister A.I. Davidova (to which he was very attached): "Last Saturday, my Serbian-Russian march played here, which produced a storm of patriotic mood." "All the audience got up, many jumped out of the chairs, and cheered bravely mixed with the screams." Until then, Tchaikovsky was considered a good composer and not a very successful conductor (because of his shyness, he was visibly dull on the stage), but his Serbian-Russian march, as he always called him, definitely made him a celebrity. After a fantastic success in Moscow, this work will undergo a huge success under his conductor's stick in Europe and be included in his constant repertoire. He also performed it at the opening of the Carnegie Hall in New York. In the first, original print, there is a title "Serbian-Russian march" and under that name this work was performed from the very beginning, but on the next Jurgenson Edition (Peter Jurgenson) as the title of the composition it says "Slavonic Marsh" and under that name, Marsh became known all over the world. It is not known for what reason this change occurred ... Perhaps because of the fear of resistance from listeners in Europe? The battle for Serbia in Kosovo continues. Serbia is fighting Muslim terrorist head choppers, narco traffickers Albanian gangs coming from Syria today.
Very few people know that this piece originally had title Serbian-Russian March. This composition was inspired by the events of the Serbian-Turkish War of 1876. It was created at the request of a close friend of Tchaikovsky's, Nikolai Rubinstein, director of Musical Society, to write a work that would be performed at a charity concert of the Red Cross for the Russians wounded in this war. Tchaikovsky agreed and wrote this work in a very short time.
At first, the composer intended to write a symphonic fantasy, but nevertheless decided that the elements of three Serbian folk songs: "The bright sun, you do not shine equally", "This is the doorstep of Serbia" and "Powder dust" (the second part of the song "Gladly goes Serb in soldiers"), merge into one composition. At the end of the composition, he used the melody of the Russian anthem "God, Guard the King".
The first part of this composition describes the suffering of Serbs under Turkish occupation and war crimes in the Balkans, in which Tchaikovsky used two Serbian folk songs. Then, followed by the second part describing the uprising of the Serbs and the gathering of Russian volunteers ready to come to the aid of their brothers. The third part causes the greatest emotions of the listener because it shows the death, withdrawal and anguish of the wounded Serbia. The last, most lively part is the march of Russian volunteers!
The premiere of the Serbian-Russian Marsh was held on November 5th 1876 at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, under the conductor Nikolai Rubinstein and caused the real sensation, which grew into a patriotic event. The conductor had to repeat the work as a whole.
Three days later, on November 8, 1876, Tchaikovsky wrote a letter to his sister A.I. Davidova (to which he was very attached): "Last Saturday, my Serbian-Russian march played here, which produced a storm of patriotic mood." "All the audience got up, many jumped out of the chairs, and cheered bravely mixed with the screams."
Until then, Tchaikovsky was considered a good composer and not a very successful conductor (because of his shyness, he was visibly dull on the stage), but his Serbian-Russian march, as he always called him, definitely made him a celebrity. After a fantastic success in Moscow, this work will undergo a huge success under his conductor's stick in Europe and be included in his constant repertoire. He also performed it at the opening of the Carnegie Hall in New York.
In the first, original print, there is a title "Serbian-Russian march" and under that name this work was performed from the very beginning, but on the next Jurgenson Edition (Peter Jurgenson) as the title of the composition it says "Slavonic Marsh" and under that name, Marsh became known all over the world. It is not known for what reason this change occurred ... Perhaps because of the fear of resistance from listeners in Europe?
The battle for Serbia in Kosovo continues. Serbia is fighting Muslim terrorist head choppers, narco traffickers Albanian gangs coming from Syria today.