Marche slave
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (March 2009) |
The Marche slave, also Marche slav (French pronunciation: tone poem by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky published in 1876. It was written to celebrate Russia's intervention in the Serbo-Ottoman War.
Titling
It has been published variously as Slavic March (Serbian: Словенски марш / Slovenski marš; Russian: Славянский марш, romanized: Slavyanskiy marsh), Slavonic March, and Serbo-Russian March (Serbian: Српско-руски марш / Srpsko-ruski marš; Russian: Сербско-русский марш, romanized: Serbsko-russkiy marsh).
Background
In June 1876,
Orthodox Christians
and sent volunteer soldiers and aid to assist Serbia.
Tchaikovsky referred to the piece as his "Serbo-Russian March" while writing it. It was premiered in Moscow on November 17 [O.S. November 5] 1876, conducted by Nikolai Rubinstein.
Serbian soldiers attacking the Ottoman army at Mramor
, illustration from 1877The march is highly programmatic in its form and organization. The first section, written in the somber key of
Slavonic people over the Ottomans. The overture finishes with a virtuoso coda
for the full orchestra.
The piece is frequently paired in performance with Tchaikovsky's "
Russian Tsardom, while the latter version by Sergey Gorodetsky was one of a patriotic form and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial anthem of Russia in the 20th century and even today. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War, the original scores of both pieces returned.[5]
Instrumentation
The march is scored for two
strings
.
Notable performances
- Sir Adrian Boult conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Antal Doráti conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- Charles Dutoit conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra
- Claudio Abbado conducting the Berlin Philharmonic
- Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
- Fritz Reiner conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Leopold Stokowski conducting the London Symphony Orchestra
- Gothenburg Symphony
- Leonard Bernstein conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
- Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
- Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducting the London Symphony Orchestra
- Yuri Temirkanov conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Valery Gergiev conducting the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
See also
References
- ^ "Slavonic March". The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ^ Tchaikovsky Research – Slavonic March
- ^ Gordana Kojadinović. Sunce jarko ne sijaš jednako - Gordana Kojadinović. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
- ^ National Channel. Радо иде Србин у војнике (хорска верзија). Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
- ^ Russian national anthem "God Save the Tsar" in Tchaikovsky's music Archived 10 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine
Sources
- Brown D (1982) "Tchaikovsky: A Biographical and Critical Study, Volume 2 The Crisis Years 1874–1878" pp. 99–102 Victor Gollancz London. ISBN 0-575-03132-8
- Garden E (1973) "Tchaikovsky" p. 67 JM Dent and Sons ISBN 0-460-03105-8
External links
- Marche Slave: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Tchaikovsky Research oeke
- Downloadable recordings of the march
- Slavonic March on Youtube
- Slavonic March on Youtube
| Operas | |
|---|---|
| Ballets | |
| Symphonies |
|
| Concertante | |
| Orchestral works |
|
| Vocal music | |
| Chamber music | |
| Piano music | |
| Portrayals |
|
| People |
|
| Related | |
| Wars and conflicts |
|           | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International agreements | ||||||||||||
| See also |
| |||||||||||
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
