Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony

E799672

Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony is a deeply emotional and dramatic late-Romantic symphony renowned for its tragic intensity and innovative, somber finale.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf late-Romantic composition ⓘ
symphony ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pathétique Symphony ⓘ
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 ⓘ
linked to: Symphony No. 6
approximateDuration about 45 minutes ⓘ
associatedWith themes of fate and despair ⓘ
catalogueStatus Tchaikovsky’s last completed symphony ⓘ
character deeply emotional ⓘ
dramatic ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
closingFeature ends quietly and darkly in B minor ⓘ
composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
compositionYear 1893 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Vladimir Davydov NERFINISHED ⓘ
emotionalTone melancholic ⓘ
tragic intensity ⓘ
follows Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 ⓘ
formalInnovation finale is slow and tragic instead of triumphant ⓘ
genre programmatic-leaning absolute music ⓘ
historicalReputation central work in the orchestral repertoire ⓘ
one of the most famous symphonies of the Romantic era ⓘ
influencedBy Russian symphonic tradition ⓘ
Western European Romantic symphony ⓘ
key B minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
movement I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo ⓘ
II. Allegro con grazia ⓘ
III. Allegro molto vivace ⓘ
IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso – Andante ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
notableFeature innovative slow, somber finale ⓘ
notableInstrumentation expressive use of brass choir ⓘ
lyrical woodwind solos ⓘ
prominent use of bassoons and low strings ⓘ
numberInSeries 6 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 74 ⓘ
orchestration full Romantic orchestra ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
premiereConductor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
premiereCountry Russian Empire ⓘ
premiereDate 28 October 1893 ⓘ
premierePlace St. Petersburg ⓘ
structureFeature second movement in 5/4 meter ⓘ
third movement often perceived as march-like scherzo ⓘ
style late-Romantic ⓘ
titleMeaning Pathétique means ‘passionate’ or ‘emotional’ in French ⓘ
linked to: Pathétique
workNumberInComposerOutput last numbered symphony by Tchaikovsky ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique" → alsoKnownAs → Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony ⓘ