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Marche slave

The Marche slave, also Marche slav (French pronunciation: [maʁʃ(ə) slav]) in B-flat minor, Op. 31, is an orchestral tone poem by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky published in 1876. It was written to celebrate Russia's intervention in the Serbo-Ottoman War.

Titling[edit]

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).

Instrumentation[edit]

The march is scored for two flutes, two piccolos, two oboes, two clarinets in B flat, two bassoons, four horns in F, two cornets in B flat, two trumpets in B flat, three trombones (two tenor, one bass), tuba, three timpani, snare drum, cymbals, bass drum, tamtam, and strings.

Sir conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra

Adrian Boult

conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Antal Doráti

conducting the Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Charles Dutoit

conducting the Berlin Philharmonic

Claudio Abbado

conducting the Berlin Philharmonic

Herbert von Karajan

conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

Bernard Haitink

conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Fritz Reiner

conducting the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

Leonard Slatkin

conducting the London Symphony Orchestra

Leopold Stokowski

conducting the Gothenburg Symphony

Neeme Järvi

conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Leonard Bernstein

conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra

Eugene Ormandy

conducting the London Symphony Orchestra

Gennady Rozhdestvensky

conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Yuri Temirkanov

conducting the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra

Valery Gergiev

Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

Brown D (1982) "Tchaikovsky: A Biographical and Critical Study, Volume 2 The Crisis Years 1874–1878" pp. 99–102 Victor Gollancz London.  0-575-03132-8

ISBN

Garden E (1973) "Tchaikovsky" p. 67 JM Dent and Sons  0-460-03105-8

ISBN

: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

Marche Slave

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Tchaikovsky Research

Downloadable recordings of the march

Slavonic March on Youtube

Slavonic March on Youtube