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	The March was commissioned by the Mayor of the City of [[Moscow]] for a public performance in Sokolniky Park, at the coronation celebrations of [[Alexander III]] in May 1883. Tchaikovsky received the commission while in [[Paris]], where he was busy with the instrumentation of his opera ''[[Mazepa]]'', and he protested his great displeasure at being forced to interrupt this work. However, he began composition on 5/17 March, according to the date in the notebook containing sketches for the march and the cantata ''[[Moscow]]'', which had been separately commissioned.		The March was commissioned by the Mayor of the City of [[Moscow]] for a public performance in Sokolniky Park, at the coronation celebrations of [[Alexander III]] in May 1883. Tchaikovsky received the commission while in [[Paris]], where he was busy with the instrumentation of his opera ''[[Mazepa]]'', and he protested his great displeasure at being forced to interrupt this work. However, he began composition on 5/17 March, according to the date in the notebook containing sketches for the march and the cantata ''[[Moscow]]'', which had been separately commissioned.

	On 9/21 March 1883, Tchaikovsky wrote to [[Nadezhda von Meck]]: "My plans have been upset by two unexpected and very burdensome tasks foisted upon me. The city of [[Moscow]] have commissioned from me a ceremonial march to be played at the festivities which are to be organized for the [[Alexander III\|Sovereign]] at the Sokolniky... I had barely managed to reconcile myself to the thought that I must tear myself away from the opera for the march, when suddenly I received a letter from the festival committee about a cantata <ref name="note2"/>. My first impulse was to refuse, but then I decided that at all costs I must try to complete both works in time. I know from reliable sources that the ~~sovereign~~ is very disposed to me (that is, to my music), and I should not like him to be informed that I refused. Both works, especially the cantata, have to be carried out with a speed that fills me with dread" <ref name="note3"/>. Later he reported the same to [[Sofya Malozyomova]] <ref name="note4"/>, [[Sergey Taneyev]] <ref name="note5"/>, and [[Aleksey Sofronov]] <ref name="note6"/>.		On 9/21 March 1883, Tchaikovsky wrote to [[Nadezhda von Meck]]: "My plans have been upset by two unexpected and very burdensome tasks foisted upon me. The city of [[Moscow]] have commissioned from me a ceremonial march to be played at the festivities which are to be organized for the [[Alexander III\|Sovereign]] at the Sokolniky... I had barely managed to reconcile myself to the thought that I must tear myself away from the opera for the march, when suddenly I received a letter from the festival committee about a cantata <ref name="note2"/>. My first impulse was to refuse, but then I decided that at all costs I must try to complete both works in time. I know from reliable sources that the Sovereign is very disposed to me (that is, to my music), and I should not like him to be informed that I refused. Both works, especially the cantata, have to be carried out with a speed that fills me with dread" <ref name="note3"/>. Later he reported the same to [[Sofya Malozyomova]] <ref name="note4"/>, [[Sergey Taneyev]] <ref name="note5"/>, and [[Aleksey Sofronov]] <ref name="note6"/>.

	On 7/19 March, he told [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] that the march should be ready within ten days. "This is very contrary to my nature, because in general I've no inclination to compose, and all the more so when this tears my away from my never-ending opera" <ref name="note7"/>.		On 7/19 March, he told [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] that the march should be ready within ten days. "This is very contrary to my nature, because in general I've no inclination to compose, and all the more so when this tears my away from my never-ending opera" <ref name="note7"/>.

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	The March was commissioned by the Mayor of the City of [[Moscow]] for a public performance in Sokolniky Park, at the coronation celebrations of [[Alexander III]] in May 1883. Tchaikovsky received the commission while in [[Paris]], where he was busy with the instrumentation of his opera ''[[Mazepa]]'', and he protested his great displeasure at being forced to interrupt this work. However, he began composition on 5/17 March, according to the date in the notebook containing sketches for the march and the cantata ''[[Moscow]]'', which had been separately commissioned.		The March was commissioned by the Mayor of the City of [[Moscow]] for a public performance in Sokolniky Park, at the coronation celebrations of [[Alexander III]] in May 1883. Tchaikovsky received the commission while in [[Paris]], where he was busy with the instrumentation of his opera ''[[Mazepa]]'', and he protested his great displeasure at being forced to interrupt this work. However, he began composition on 5/17 March, according to the date in the notebook containing sketches for the march and the cantata ''[[Moscow]]'', which had been separately commissioned.

	On 9/21 March 1883, Tchaikovsky wrote to [[Nadezhda von Meck]]: "My plans have been upset by two unexpected and very burdensome tasks foisted upon me. The city of [[Moscow]] have commissioned from me a ceremonial march to be played at the festivities which are to be organized for the [[Alexander III\|Sovereign]] at the Sokolniky... I had barely managed to reconcile myself to the thought that I must tear myself away from the opera for the march, when suddenly I received a letter from the festival committee about a cantata <ref name="note2"/>. My first impulse was to refuse, but then I decided that at all costs I must try to complete both works in time. I know from reliable sources that the sovereign is very disposed to me (that is, to my music), and I should not like him to be informed that I refused. Both works, especially the cantata, have to be carried out with a speed that fills me with dread" <ref name="note3"/>. Later he reported the same to [[Sofya ~~Malozemova~~]] <ref name="note4"/>, [[Sergey Taneyev]] <ref name="note5"/>, and [[Aleksey Sofronov]] <ref name="note6"/>.		On 9/21 March 1883, Tchaikovsky wrote to [[Nadezhda von Meck]]: "My plans have been upset by two unexpected and very burdensome tasks foisted upon me. The city of [[Moscow]] have commissioned from me a ceremonial march to be played at the festivities which are to be organized for the [[Alexander III\|Sovereign]] at the Sokolniky... I had barely managed to reconcile myself to the thought that I must tear myself away from the opera for the march, when suddenly I received a letter from the festival committee about a cantata <ref name="note2"/>. My first impulse was to refuse, but then I decided that at all costs I must try to complete both works in time. I know from reliable sources that the sovereign is very disposed to me (that is, to my music), and I should not like him to be informed that I refused. Both works, especially the cantata, have to be carried out with a speed that fills me with dread" <ref name="note3"/>. Later he reported the same to [[Sofya Malozyomova]] <ref name="note4"/>, [[Sergey Taneyev]] <ref name="note5"/>, and [[Aleksey Sofronov]] <ref name="note6"/>.

	On 7/19 March, he told [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] that the march should be ready within ten days. "This is very contrary to my nature, because in general I've no inclination to compose, and all the more so when this tears my away from my never-ending opera" <ref name="note7"/>.		On 7/19 March, he told [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] that the march should be ready within ten days. "This is very contrary to my nature, because in general I've no inclination to compose, and all the more so when this tears my away from my never-ending opera" <ref name="note7"/>.
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	<ref name="note2">The cantata ''[[Moscow (cantata)\|Moscow]]''.</ref>		<ref name="note2">The cantata ''[[Moscow (cantata)\|Moscow]]''.</ref>
	<ref name="note3">[[Letter 2236]] to [[Nadezhda von Meck]], 9/21 March 1883.</ref>		<ref name="note3">[[Letter 2236]] to [[Nadezhda von Meck]], 9/21 March 1883.</ref>
	<ref name="note4">[[Letter 2243]] to [[Sofya ~~Malozemova~~]], 21 March/2 April 1883.</ref>		<ref name="note4">[[Letter 2243]] to [[Sofya Malozyomova]], 21 March/2 April 1883.</ref>
	<ref name="note5">[[Letter 2253]] to [[Sergey Taneyev]], 1/13–3/15 April 1883.</ref>		<ref name="note5">[[Letter 2253]] to [[Sergey Taneyev]], 1/13–3/15 April 1883.</ref>
	<ref name="note6">[[Letter 2237]] to [[Aleksey Sofronov]], 11/23 March 1883.</ref>		<ref name="note6">[[Letter 2237]] to [[Aleksey Sofronov]], 11/23 March 1883.</ref>

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	The March was commissioned by the Mayor of the City of [[Moscow]] for a public performance in Sokolniky Park, at the coronation celebrations of [[Alexander III]] in May 1883. Tchaikovsky received the commission while in [[Paris]], where he was busy with the instrumentation of his opera ''[[Mazepa]]'', and he protested his great displeasure at being forced to interrupt this work. However, he began composition on 5/17 March, according to the date in the notebook containing sketches for the march and the cantata ''[[Moscow]]'', which had been separately commissioned.		The March was commissioned by the Mayor of the City of [[Moscow]] for a public performance in Sokolniky Park, at the coronation celebrations of [[Alexander III]] in May 1883. Tchaikovsky received the commission while in [[Paris]], where he was busy with the instrumentation of his opera ''[[Mazepa]]'', and he protested his great displeasure at being forced to interrupt this work. However, he began composition on 5/17 March, according to the date in the notebook containing sketches for the march and the cantata ''[[Moscow]]'', which had been separately commissioned.

	On 9/21 March 1883, Tchaikovsky wrote to [[Nadezhda von Meck]]: "My plans have been upset by two unexpected and very burdensome tasks foisted upon me. The city of [[Moscow]] have commissioned from me a ceremonial march to be played at the festivities which are to be organized for the [[Alexander III\|Sovereign]] at the Sokolniky... ~~Hardly~~ had I managed to reconcile myself to the thought that I must tear myself away from the opera for the march, when suddenly I received a letter from the festival committee about a cantata <ref name="note2"/>. Both works, especially the cantata, have to be ~~ready very soon,~~ a ~~prospect which~~ fills me with dread" <ref name="note3"/>. Later he reported the same to [[Sofya Malozemova]] <ref name="note4"/>, [[Sergey Taneyev]] <ref name="note5"/>, and [[Aleksey Sofronov]] <ref name="note6"/>.		On 9/21 March 1883, Tchaikovsky wrote to [[Nadezhda von Meck]]: "My plans have been upset by two unexpected and very burdensome tasks foisted upon me. The city of [[Moscow]] have commissioned from me a ceremonial march to be played at the festivities which are to be organized for the [[Alexander III\|Sovereign]] at the Sokolniky... I had barely managed to reconcile myself to the thought that I must tear myself away from the opera for the march, when suddenly I received a letter from the festival committee about a cantata <ref name="note2"/>. My first impulse was to refuse, but then I decided that at all costs I must try to complete both works in time. I know from reliable sources that the sovereign is very disposed to me (that is, to my music), and I should not like him to be informed that I refused. Both works, especially the cantata, have to be carried out with a speed that fills me with dread" <ref name="note3"/>. Later he reported the same to [[Sofya Malozemova]] <ref name="note4"/>, [[Sergey Taneyev]] <ref name="note5"/>, and [[Aleksey Sofronov]] <ref name="note6"/>.

	On 7/19 March, he told [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] that the march should be ready within ten days. "This ~~goes~~ very ~~much against~~ my ~~instincts~~, because I ~~am generally not disposed~~ to ~~composition~~, and ~~what's~~ more~~, I have had to set aside~~ my ~~poor unfinished~~ opera ~~for this~~" <ref name="note7"/>.		On 7/19 March, he told [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] that the march should be ready within ten days. "This is very contrary to my nature, because in general I've no inclination to compose, and all the more so when this tears my away from my never-ending opera" <ref name="note7"/>.

	In another letter to [[Jurgenson]] of 12/24 March he reported that~~: "I am now~~ simultaneously writing the ~~March~~ and the cantata~~... My days are spent as follows~~: ~~in the morning until 12 o~~'~~clock I write the March; after a stroll, from 2.30~~ to ~~6.30 I write~~ the ~~cantata...~~ I ~~will send you the March~~, ~~as you wanted~~, ~~with an arrangement for 2 hands~~" <ref name="note8"/>.		In another letter to [[Jurgenson]] of 12/24 March he reported that he was simultaneously writing the march and the cantata: "I probably won't manage to do the march as quickly as I promised before, but in any case, provided I remain alive and well, it will make it to [[Moscow]] by April" <ref name="note8"/>.

	By around 21 March/2 April, both the cantata ''[[Moscow (cantata)\|Moscow]]'' and the Coronation March had been completed in sketch form, and Tchaikovsky had commenced the orchestration of both works <ref name="note9"/>.		By around 21 March/2 April, both the cantata ''[[Moscow (cantata)\|Moscow]]'' and the Coronation March had been completed in sketch form, and Tchaikovsky had commenced the orchestration of both works <ref name="note9"/>.

	On 23 March/4 April Tchaikovsky told [[Pyotr Jurgenson]]: "I ~~have~~ finished the march, and ~~will look through~~ it ~~once more and~~ send it to you in a few days" <ref name="note10"/>. ~~Both manuscripts were sent~~ to [[~~Pyotr Jurgenson~~]] ~~on 26 March/7 April~~ <ref name="note11"/>.		On 23 March/4 April Tchaikovsky told [[Pyotr Jurgenson]]: "I've finished the march, and I'll after reviewing it I'll send it to you in a few days" <ref name="note10"/>. On 25 March/6 April he reported that "at the cost of considerable effort, I've managed to finish the march and the cantata with unfathomable haste, and I'm sending them to [[Osip Ivanovich]] tomorrow with a request that the cantata be delivered to the coronation committee, and the march to you" <ref name="note11"/>.

	==Arrangements==		==Arrangements==
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	<ref name="note10">[[Letter 2245]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 23 March/4 April 1883.</ref>		<ref name="note10">[[Letter 2245]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 23 March/4 April 1883.</ref>
	<ref name="note11">See letters [[Letter 2248\|2248]] and [[Letter 2250\|2250]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 25 March/6 April and 26 March/7 April 1883.</ref>		<ref name="note11">See letters [[Letter 2248\|2248]] and [[Letter 2250\|2250]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 25 March/6 April and 26 March/7 April 1883.</ref>
	<ref name="note12">~~See~~ [[Letter ~~2242~~]]~~, 20 March/1 April 1883, and~~ [[~~Letter 2250~~]], 26 March~~/7 April~~ 1883~~, to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]]~~.</ref>		<ref name="note12">[[Letter 2239]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 12/24 March 1883.</ref>
	</references>		</references>
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	==Related Works==		==Related Works==
	: ''See also [[Moscow (cantata)]]''.		: ''See also [[Moscow (cantata)]]''.
	The Coronation March includes quotations from the Danish royal anthem 'Kong Kristian stod ved ~~køjen~~ mast', reflecting the Danish origins of the Empress [[Mariya Fyodorovna]] (from bars 27, 90), and from the Russian anthem 'God Save the Tsar' (Боже Цапя храни), composed in 1833 by Aleksey Lvov (from bars 91 and 110).		The Coronation March includes quotations from the Danish royal anthem 'Kong Kristian stod ved højen mast', reflecting the Danish origins of the Empress [[Mariya Fyodorovna]] (from bars 27, 90), and from the Russian anthem 'God Save the Tsar' (Боже Цапя храни), composed in 1833 by Aleksey Lvov (from bars 91 and 110).

	==External Links==		==External Links==

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	The March was commissioned by the Mayor of the City of [[Moscow]] for a public performance in Sokolniky Park, at the coronation celebrations of [[Alexander III]] in May 1883. Tchaikovsky received the commission while in [[Paris]], where he was busy with the instrumentation of his opera ''[[Mazepa]]'', and he protested his great displeasure at being forced to interrupt this work. However, he began composition on 5/17 March, according to the date in the notebook containing sketches for the march and the cantata ''[[Moscow]]'', which had been separately commissioned.		The March was commissioned by the Mayor of the City of [[Moscow]] for a public performance in Sokolniky Park, at the coronation celebrations of [[Alexander III]] in May 1883. Tchaikovsky received the commission while in [[Paris]], where he was busy with the instrumentation of his opera ''[[Mazepa]]'', and he protested his great displeasure at being forced to interrupt this work. However, he began composition on 5/17 March, according to the date in the notebook containing sketches for the march and the cantata ''[[Moscow]]'', which had been separately commissioned.

	On 9/21 March 1883 Tchaikovsky he wrote to [[Nadezhda von Meck]]: "My plans have been upset by two unexpected and very burdensome tasks foisted upon me. The city of [[Moscow]] have commissioned from me a ceremonial march to be played at the festivities which are to be organized for the [[Alexander III\|Sovereign]] at the Sokolniky... Hardly had I managed to reconcile myself to the thought that I must tear myself away from the opera for the march, when suddenly I received a letter from the festival committee about a cantata <ref name="note2"/>. Both works, especially the cantata, have to be ready very soon, a prospect which fills me with dread" <ref name="note3"/>. Later he reported the same to [[Sofya Malozemova]] <ref name="note4"/>, [[Sergey Taneyev]] <ref name="note5"/>, and [[Aleksey Sofronov]] <ref name="note6"/>.		On 9/21 March 1883, Tchaikovsky wrote to [[Nadezhda von Meck]]: "My plans have been upset by two unexpected and very burdensome tasks foisted upon me. The city of [[Moscow]] have commissioned from me a ceremonial march to be played at the festivities which are to be organized for the [[Alexander III\|Sovereign]] at the Sokolniky... Hardly had I managed to reconcile myself to the thought that I must tear myself away from the opera for the march, when suddenly I received a letter from the festival committee about a cantata <ref name="note2"/>. Both works, especially the cantata, have to be ready very soon, a prospect which fills me with dread" <ref name="note3"/>. Later he reported the same to [[Sofya Malozemova]] <ref name="note4"/>, [[Sergey Taneyev]] <ref name="note5"/>, and [[Aleksey Sofronov]] <ref name="note6"/>.

	On 7/19 March, he told [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] that the march should be ready within ten days. "This goes very much against my instincts, because I am generally not disposed to composition, and what's more, I have had to set aside my poor unfinished opera for this" <ref name="note7"/>.		On 7/19 March, he told [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] that the march should be ready within ten days. "This goes very much against my instincts, because I am generally not disposed to composition, and what's more, I have had to set aside my poor unfinished opera for this" <ref name="note7"/>.

	In another letter to [[Jurgenson]] of 12/24 March he reported that: "I am now simultaneously writing the March and the cantata... My days are spent as follows: in the morning until 12 o'clock I write the ~~march~~; after a stroll, from 2.30 to 6.30 I write the cantata... I will send you the March, as you wanted, with an arrangement for 2 hands" <ref name="note8"/>.		In another letter to [[Jurgenson]] of 12/24 March he reported that: "I am now simultaneously writing the March and the cantata... My days are spent as follows: in the morning until 12 o'clock I write the March; after a stroll, from 2.30 to 6.30 I write the cantata... I will send you the March, as you wanted, with an arrangement for 2 hands" <ref name="note8"/>.

	By around 21 March/2 April both the cantata ''[[Moscow (cantata)\|Moscow]]'' and the Coronation March had been completed in sketch form, and Tchaikovsky had commenced the orchestration of both works <ref name="note9"/>.		By around 21 March/2 April, both the cantata ''[[Moscow (cantata)\|Moscow]]'' and the Coronation March had been completed in sketch form, and Tchaikovsky had commenced the orchestration of both works <ref name="note9"/>.

	On 23 March/4 April Tchaikovsky told [[Pyotr Jurgenson]]: "I have finished the march, and will look through it once more and send it to you in a few days" <ref name="note10"/>. Both manuscripts were sent to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] on 26 March/7 April <ref name="note11"/>.		On 23 March/4 April Tchaikovsky told [[Pyotr Jurgenson]]: "I have finished the march, and will look through it once more and send it to you in a few days" <ref name="note10"/>. Both manuscripts were sent to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] on 26 March/7 April <ref name="note11"/>.

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	The Coronation March was performed for the first time on 23 May/4 June 1883 in the Sokolniky Park in [[Moscow]], conducted by [[Sergey Taneyev]]. In [[Saint Petersburg]] on 29 December 1884/10 January 1885 it was performed under the title ''Festival March'', in the fourth symphony concert of the Russian Musical Society, conducted by [[Hans von Bülow]].		The Coronation March was performed for the first time on 23 May/4 June 1883 in the Sokolniky Park in [[Moscow]], conducted by [[Sergey Taneyev]]. In [[Saint Petersburg]] on 29 December 1884/10 January 1885 it was performed under the title ''Festival March'', in the fourth symphony concert of the Russian Musical Society, conducted by [[Hans von Bülow]].

	Tchaikovsky also conducted the March at the opening concert of the Carnegie Music Hall in [[New York]], on 23 April/5 May 1891.		Tchaikovsky also conducted the March at the opening concert of the Carnegie Music Hall in [[New York]], on 23 April/5 May 1891. Other notable performances were:

	~~The~~ [[London]] ~~premiere appears to have taken place after the composer's death: at an~~ Organ School student concert on 29 November/11 December 1894, conducted by George J. Bennett.		* Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, matinée concert, 18/30 September 1894, conducted by [[Willem Kes]]
			* [[London]], Organ School student concert, 29 November/11 December 1894, conducted by George J. Bennett

	==Publication==		==Publication==

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Tchaikovsky's '''''Coronation March''''' (Коронационный марш) in D major ([[TH]] 50 ; [[ČW]] 47) <ref name="note1"/>, also known as '''''Festival March''''' (Торжественный марш), was written in March 1883 for the coronation celebrations of the Russian Emperor [[Alexander III]].

==Instrumentation==
The March is scored for an orchestra consisting of piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (in A), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 cornets (in A), 2 trumpets (in D), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani, triangle, military drum, cymbals, bass drum + violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses.

==Duration==
There is one movement: Andante molto maestoso (D major, 125 bars), lasting around 5 to 7 minutes in performance.

==Composition==
The March was commissioned by the Mayor of the City of [[Moscow]] for a public performance in Sokolniky Park, at the coronation celebrations of [[Alexander III]] in May 1883. Tchaikovsky received the commission while in [[Paris]], where he was busy with the instrumentation of his opera ''[[Mazepa]]'', and he protested his great displeasure at being forced to interrupt this work. However, he began composition on 5/17 March, according to the date in the notebook containing sketches for the march and the cantata ''[[Moscow]]'', which had been separately commissioned.

On 9/21 March 1883 Tchaikovsky he wrote to [[Nadezhda von Meck]]: "My plans have been upset by two unexpected and very burdensome tasks foisted upon me. The city of [[Moscow]] have commissioned from me a ceremonial march to be played at the festivities which are to be organized for the [[Alexander III|Sovereign]] at the Sokolniky... Hardly had I managed to reconcile myself to the thought that I must tear myself away from the opera for the march, when suddenly I received a letter from the festival committee about a cantata <ref name="note2"/>. Both works, especially the cantata, have to be ready very soon, a prospect which fills me with dread" <ref name="note3"/>. Later he reported the same to [[Sofya Malozemova]] <ref name="note4"/>, [[Sergey Taneyev]] <ref name="note5"/>, and [[Aleksey Sofronov]] <ref name="note6"/>.

On 7/19 March, he told [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] that the march should be ready within ten days. "This goes very much against my instincts, because I am generally not disposed to composition, and what's more, I have had to set aside my poor unfinished opera for this" <ref name="note7"/>.

In another letter to [[Jurgenson]] of 12/24 March he reported that: "I am now simultaneously writing the March and the cantata... My days are spent as follows: in the morning until 12 o'clock I write the march; after a stroll, from 2.30 to 6.30 I write the cantata... I will send you the March, as you wanted, with an arrangement for 2 hands" <ref name="note8"/>.

By around 21 March/2 April both the cantata ''[[Moscow (cantata)|Moscow]]'' and the Coronation March had been completed in sketch form, and Tchaikovsky had commenced the orchestration of both works <ref name="note9"/>.

On 23 March/4 April Tchaikovsky told [[Pyotr Jurgenson]]: "I have finished the march, and will look through it once more and send it to you in a few days" <ref name="note10"/>. Both manuscripts were sent to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] on 26 March/7 April <ref name="note11"/>.

==Arrangements==
Tchaikovsky's arrangement for solo piano was begun after 20 March/1 April, and completed by 26 March/7 April 1883 <ref name="note12"/>.

==Performances==
The Coronation March was performed for the first time on 23 May/4 June 1883 in the Sokolniky Park in [[Moscow]], conducted by [[Sergey Taneyev]]. In [[Saint Petersburg]] on 29 December 1884/10 January 1885 it was performed under the title ''Festival March'', in the fourth symphony concert of the Russian Musical Society, conducted by [[Hans von Bülow]].

Tchaikovsky also conducted the March at the opening concert of the Carnegie Music Hall in [[New York]], on 23 April/5 May 1891.

The [[London]] premiere appears to have taken place after the composer's death: at an Organ School student concert on 29 November/11 December 1894, conducted by George J. Bennett.

==Publication==
The full score and orchestral parts of the March, Tchaikovsky's arrangement for piano two hands, and [[Eduard Langer]]'s arrangement for piano duet were published in [[Moscow]] by [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] in 1883.

The full score and Tchaikovsky's solo piano arrangement of the Coronation March were published in volumes 25 (1961) and 50Б (1965) respectively of the composer's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Aleksandr Nikolayev and Irina Iordan respectively. The statements of the anthem 'God Save the Tsar' were replaced with other music, with the original text confined to footnotes.

==Autographs==
Tchaikovsky's manuscript full score is preserved in the {{RUS-Mcm}} in [[Moscow]] {{TOW2|torzhestvennyy-koronacionnyy-marsh|(Ф. 88, No. 205)}}. The score of his arrangement for solo piano has been lost.

==Recordings==
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==Related Works==
: ''See also [[Moscow (cantata)]]''.
The Coronation March includes quotations from the Danish royal anthem 'Kong Kristian stod ved køjen mast', reflecting the Danish origins of the Empress [[Mariya Fyodorovna]] (from bars 27, 90), and from the Russian anthem 'God Save the Tsar' (Боже Цапя храни), composed in 1833 by Aleksey Lvov (from bars 91 and 110).

==External Links==
* {{imslpscore|Coronation_March_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)|Coronation March}}

==Notes and References==
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<ref name="note1">Entitled 'Festival Coronation March' in [[ČW]].</ref>
<ref name="note2">The cantata ''[[Moscow (cantata)|Moscow]]''.</ref>
<ref name="note3">[[Letter 2236]] to [[Nadezhda von Meck]], 9/21 March 1883.</ref>
<ref name="note4">[[Letter 2243]] to [[Sofya Malozemova]], 21 March/2 April 1883.</ref>
<ref name="note5">[[Letter 2253]] to [[Sergey Taneyev]], 1/13–3/15 April 1883.</ref>
<ref name="note6">[[Letter 2237]] to [[Aleksey Sofronov]], 11/23 March 1883.</ref>
<ref name="note7">[[Letter 2235]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 7/19 March 1883.</ref>
<ref name="note8">[[Letter 2239]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 12/24 March 1883.</ref>
<ref name="note9">[[Letter 2244]] to [[Nadezhda von Meck]], 21 March/2 April 1883.</ref>
<ref name="note10">[[Letter 2245]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 23 March/4 April 1883.</ref>
<ref name="note11">See letters [[Letter 2248|2248]] and [[Letter 2250|2250]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 25 March/6 April and 26 March/7 April 1883.</ref>
<ref name="note12">See [[Letter 2242]], 20 March/1 April 1883, and [[Letter 2250]], 26 March/7 April 1883, to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]].</ref>
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