Tchaikovsky wrote this symphony during the most difficult time of his life, but each movement, though filled at times with total turmoil and confusion, just adds to and compliments the rest. This level of quality of composition shows the kind of talent that Tchaikovsky had at his command. I feel that he truly deserves his place among the master composers of the Romantic Period.
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Johan Alkerstedt, Classical Music – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Internet Address: WWW.IDA.MS.SE/IDA/~A94JOHAL/MUSIC/TCHAIKOV.HTML
Internet Public Library, Music History 101: Tchaikovsky
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Classics World Biography: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Understanding Music by Jeremy Yudkin, Prentice-Hall Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ
chap 9 pp. 296-99