Album for the young; twenty-four easy piano pieces, op. 39
Op. 39
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky 1840–1893
Op. 39
Catalogue
Score
Listen
Finding a recording…
Difficulty
Our estimate Intermediate
—No community ratings yet0 votes
Sign in to add your rating.
Themes & character
Written for children·Russian childhood scenes·Dedicated to his nephew·Companion to Schumann's set
At a glance
- Catalogue
- Op. 39
About the piece
Composed in 1878 and dedicated to his young nephew Vladimir Davydov, this collection of twenty four short pieces follows in the tradition of Schumann's Album for the Young, offering accessible music built around scenes of childhood. Many pieces evoke games, toys, dances and folk songs a Russian child of the period would have known.
One number, The Song of the Lark, later took on a life outside the set, but the collection as a whole remains a staple of early piano teaching, prized for making genuine musical ideas approachable for young hands.
The composer
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
1840–1893
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the classical repertoire, including the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, the Violin Concerto, the Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, several symphonies, the opera Eugene Onegin, and the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker.
Comments
Sign in to join the conversation.
Loading…