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	<ref name="note2">{{bib\|1896/17\|Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском}} (1896), pp. 17–18.</ref>		<ref name="note2">{{bib\|1896/17\|Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском}} (1896), pp. 17–18.</ref>
	<ref name="note3">{{bib\|1900/35\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 225.</ref>		<ref name="note3">{{bib\|1900/35\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 225.</ref>
	<ref name="note4">See letter from [[Herman Laroche]] to Tchaikovsky, 27 January/8 February 1866 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive (а<sup>4~~</sup>~~, No. 2166).</ref>		<ref name="note4">See letter from [[Herman Laroche]] to Tchaikovsky, 27 January/8 February 1866 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive (а{{sup\|4}}, No. 2166).</ref>
	<ref name="note5">{{bib\|1900/35\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), pp. 225–226.</ref>		<ref name="note5">{{bib\|1900/35\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), pp. 225–226.</ref>
	<ref name="note6">Letter from [[Sergey Taneyev]] to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 23 July/4 August 1897 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive (б<sup>10</sup>, No. 5791).</ref>		<ref name="note6">Letter from [[Sergey Taneyev]] to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 23 July/4 August 1897 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive (б<sup>10</sup>, No. 5791).</ref>

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	==Composition==		==Composition==
	No information survives concerning the process of composing the Overture. In a letter to his brothers [[Anatoly]] and [[Modest]] of 10/22 January 1866, Tchaikovsky reports on his work on the instrumentation: "I've orchestrated the greater part of my summer overture, and to my horror it's turning out to be terribly long, which I didn't expect at all" <ref name="note1"/>.		No information survives concerning the process of composing the Overture. In a letter to his brothers [[Anatoly]] and [[Modest]] of 10/22 January 1866, Tchaikovsky reports on his work on the instrumentation: "I've already orchestrated the greater part of my summer overture, and, to my horror, it's turning out to be terribly long, which I didn't expect at all. I promised [[Nikolay Rubinstein\|N. Rubinstein]] that I would submit it for performance here first, and after that I shall send it on to [[Petersburg]]" <ref name="note1"/>.

	As [[Nikolay Kashkin]] recalled, soon after Tchaikovsky's move to [[Moscow]], [[Nikolay Rubinstein]] asked if any of his compositions could be performed in the 1866 concert season, and Tchaikovsky suggested ~~his Overture in C minor~~ <ref name="note2"/>. [[Nikolay Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]] considered that it could not possibly be performed <ref name="note3"/>.		As [[Nikolay Kashkin]] recalled, soon after Tchaikovsky's move to [[Moscow]], [[Nikolay Rubinstein]] asked if any of his compositions could be performed in the 1866 concert season, and Tchaikovsky suggested this overture <ref name="note2"/>. However, [[Nikolay Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]] considered that it could not possibly be performed <ref name="note3"/>.

	On 19/31 January 1866, Tchaikovsky sent the manuscript to [[Herman Laroche]] in [[Saint Petersburg]] so that the latter might submit it to [[Anton Rubinstein]] for performance <ref name="note4"/>. But [[Anton Rubinstein]]'s judgement on the Overture was also unfavourable <ref name="note5"/>. Subsequently the composer himself made the following note on the front of the full score: "''Overture'', written in [[Moscow]] in January 1866 and played nowhere (~~loathsome rubbish~~!)".		On 19/31 January 1866, Tchaikovsky sent the manuscript to [[Herman Laroche]] in [[Saint Petersburg]] so that the latter might submit it to [[Anton Rubinstein]] for performance <ref name="note4"/>. But [[Anton Rubinstein]]'s judgement on the Overture was also unfavourable <ref name="note5"/>. Subsequently the composer himself made the following note on the front of the full score: "''Overture'', written in [[Moscow]] in January 1866 and played nowhere (an awful abomination!)" <ref name="note9"/>.

	References to the Overture in C minor are also encountered in [[Sergey Taneyev]]'s letters to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] from 1896 and 1897. For instance, on 23 July/4 August 1897, [[Taneyev]] reported that: "I have now found the manuscript of the overture that you wrote about, in C minor (with the episode from the overture to ''[[The Storm]]'')... and I can show it to you on your arrival" <ref name="note6"/>.		References to the Overture in C minor are also encountered in [[Sergey Taneyev]]'s letters to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] from 1896 and 1897. For instance, on 23 July/4 August 1897, [[Taneyev]] reported that: "I have now found the manuscript of the overture that you wrote about, in C minor (with the episode from the overture to ''[[The Storm]]'')... and I can show it to you on your arrival" <ref name="note6"/>.
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	<ref name="note7">See letter from Konstantin Saradzhev to Nikolay Zhegin, 29 December 1938 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive (дм<sup>8</sup>, No. 168).</ref>		<ref name="note7">See letter from Konstantin Saradzhev to Nikolay Zhegin, 29 December 1938 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive (дм<sup>8</sup>, No. 168).</ref>
	<ref name="note8">The manuscript score of the Overture contains the composer's pencil sketches for the added vocal parts in this passage.</ref>		<ref name="note8">The manuscript score of the Overture contains the composer's pencil sketches for the added vocal parts in this passage.</ref>
			<ref name="note9">''Увертюра'', написанная в Москве в январе 1866 г. нигде не игранная (страшная мерзость!).</ref>
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	<ref name="note1">[[Letter 78]] to [[Anatoly]] and [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 10/22 January 1866.</ref>		<ref name="note1">[[Letter 78]] to [[Anatoly]] and [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 10/22 January 1866.</ref>
	<ref name="note2">~~[[Nikolay Kashkin]],~~ {{bib\|1896/17\|Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском}} (1896), pp. 17–18.</ref>		<ref name="note2">{{bib\|1896/17\|Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском}} (1896), pp. 17–18.</ref>
	<ref name="note3">{{bib\|1900/35\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 225.</ref>		<ref name="note3">{{bib\|1900/35\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 225.</ref>
	<ref name="note4">See letter from [[Herman Laroche]] to Tchaikovsky, 27 January/8 February 1866 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive.</ref>		<ref name="note4">See letter from [[Herman Laroche]] to Tchaikovsky, 27 January/8 February 1866 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive (а<sup>4</sup>, No. 2166).</ref>
	<ref name="note5">{{bib\|1900/35\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), pp. 225–226.</ref>		<ref name="note5">{{bib\|1900/35\|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), pp. 225–226.</ref>
	<ref name="note6">Letter from [[Sergey Taneyev]] to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 23 July/4 August 1897 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive.</ref>		<ref name="note6">Letter from [[Sergey Taneyev]] to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 23 July/4 August 1897 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive (б<sup>10</sup>, No. 5791).</ref>
	<ref name="note7">See letter from Konstantin Saradzhev to Nikolay Zhegin, 29 December 1938 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive.</ref>		<ref name="note7">See letter from Konstantin Saradzhev to Nikolay Zhegin, 29 December 1938 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive (дм<sup>8</sup>, No. 168).</ref>
	<ref name="note8">The manuscript score of the Overture contains the composer's pencil sketches for the added vocal parts in this passage.</ref>		<ref name="note8">The manuscript score of the Overture contains the composer's pencil sketches for the added vocal parts in this passage.</ref>
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	As [[Nikolay Kashkin]] recalled, soon after Tchaikovsky's move to [[Moscow]], [[Nikolay Rubinstein]] asked if any of his compositions could be performed in the 1866 concert season, and Tchaikovsky suggested his Overture in C minor <ref name="note2"/>. [[Nikolay Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]] considered that it could not possibly be performed <ref name="note3"/>.		As [[Nikolay Kashkin]] recalled, soon after Tchaikovsky's move to [[Moscow]], [[Nikolay Rubinstein]] asked if any of his compositions could be performed in the 1866 concert season, and Tchaikovsky suggested his Overture in C minor <ref name="note2"/>. [[Nikolay Rubinstein\|Rubinstein]] considered that it could not possibly be performed <ref name="note3"/>.

	On 19/31 January 1866 Tchaikovsky sent the manuscript to [[Herman Laroche]] in [[Saint Petersburg]] so that the latter might submit it to [[Anton Rubinstein]] for performance <ref name="note4"/>. But [[Anton Rubinstein]]'s judgement on the Overture was also unfavourable <ref name="note5"/>. Subsequently the composer himself made the following note on the front of the full score: "''Overture'', written in [[Moscow]] in January 1866 and played nowhere (loathsome rubbish!)".		On 19/31 January 1866, Tchaikovsky sent the manuscript to [[Herman Laroche]] in [[Saint Petersburg]] so that the latter might submit it to [[Anton Rubinstein]] for performance <ref name="note4"/>. But [[Anton Rubinstein]]'s judgement on the Overture was also unfavourable <ref name="note5"/>. Subsequently the composer himself made the following note on the front of the full score: "''Overture'', written in [[Moscow]] in January 1866 and played nowhere (loathsome rubbish!)".

	References to the Overture in C minor are also encountered in [[Sergey Taneyev]]'s letters to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] from 1896 and 1897. For instance, on 23 July/4 August 1897, [[Taneyev]] reported that: "I have now found the manuscript of the overture that you wrote about, in C minor (with the episode from the overture to ''[[The Storm]]'')... and I can show it to you on your arrival" <ref name="note6"/>.		References to the Overture in C minor are also encountered in [[Sergey Taneyev]]'s letters to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] from 1896 and 1897. For instance, on 23 July/4 August 1897, [[Taneyev]] reported that: "I have now found the manuscript of the overture that you wrote about, in C minor (with the episode from the overture to ''[[The Storm]]'')... and I can show it to you on your arrival" <ref name="note6"/>.

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Tchaikovsky's student '''''Overture''''' in C minor (TH 38 ; ČW 36) was composed during the summer of 1865 at [[Kamenka]], and orchestrated in January 1866 in [[Moscow]].

==Instrumentation==
The Overture is scored for an orchestra consisting of piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F, E), 2 trumpets (C, D), 3 trombones, tuba + timpani + violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses, with optional cymbals and bass drum.

==Duration==
There is one movement: Andante—Allegro vivo (C minor, 662 bars), which lasts around 15 minutes in performance.

==Composition==
No information survives concerning the process of composing the Overture. In a letter to his brothers [[Anatoly]] and [[Modest]] of 10/22 January 1866, Tchaikovsky reports on his work on the instrumentation: "I've orchestrated the greater part of my summer overture, and to my horror it's turning out to be terribly long, which I didn't expect at all" <ref name="note1"/>.

As [[Nikolay Kashkin]] recalled, soon after Tchaikovsky's move to [[Moscow]], [[Nikolay Rubinstein]] asked if any of his compositions could be performed in the 1866 concert season, and Tchaikovsky suggested his Overture in C minor <ref name="note2"/>. [[Nikolay Rubinstein|Rubinstein]] considered that it could not possibly be performed <ref name="note3"/>.

On 19/31 January 1866 Tchaikovsky sent the manuscript to [[Herman Laroche]] in [[Saint Petersburg]] so that the latter might submit it to [[Anton Rubinstein]] for performance <ref name="note4"/>. But [[Anton Rubinstein]]'s judgement on the Overture was also unfavourable <ref name="note5"/>. Subsequently the composer himself made the following note on the front of the full score: "''Overture'', written in [[Moscow]] in January 1866 and played nowhere (loathsome rubbish!)".

References to the Overture in C minor are also encountered in [[Sergey Taneyev]]'s letters to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]] from 1896 and 1897. For instance, on 23 July/4 August 1897, [[Taneyev]] reported that: "I have now found the manuscript of the overture that you wrote about, in C minor (with the episode from the overture to ''[[The Storm]]'')... and I can show it to you on your arrival" <ref name="note6"/>.

==Performances==
The Overture was only performed for the first time on 12 October 1931 in Voronezh, conducted by Konstantin Saradzhev, professor of the [[Moscow]] State Conservatory <ref name="note7"/>. Saradzhev also directed a performance in [[Kiev]] the following year, as well as the [[Moscow]] premiere at the Radiotheatre Centre on 30 July 1934.

==Publication==
The Overture was not published during Tchaikovsky's lifetime. It was printed for the first time in 1952 in volume 21 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Pavel Lamm.

==Autographs==
Tchaikovsky's manuscript score is now preserved in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive (a{{sup|1}}, No. 50).

==Recordings==
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==Related Works==
The Overture's introduction (bars 1–90) is an extended version of the corresponding section from his earlier overture to ''[[The Storm]]'' (1864); this passage was later re-used in the ''Entr'acte'' to Act II of the opera ''[[The Voyevoda (opera)|The Voyevoda]]''.

The central theme of the Overture (bars 176–247) was re-used in Act I (No. 7) of ''[[The Voyevoda (opera)|The Voyevoda]]'' <ref name="note8"/>

==External Links==
* {{imslpscore|Overture_in_C_minor_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)|Overture in C minor}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">[[Letter 78]] to [[Anatoly]] and [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 10/22 January 1866.</ref>
<ref name="note2">[[Nikolay Kashkin]], {{bib|1896/17|Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском}} (1896), pp. 17–18.</ref>
<ref name="note3">{{bib|1900/35|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 225.</ref>
<ref name="note4">See letter from [[Herman Laroche]] to Tchaikovsky, 27 January/8 February 1866 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive.</ref>
<ref name="note5">{{bib|1900/35|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), pp. 225–226.</ref>
<ref name="note6">Letter from [[Sergey Taneyev]] to [[Modest Tchaikovsky]], 23 July/4 August 1897 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive.</ref>
<ref name="note7">See letter from Konstantin Saradzhev to Nikolay Zhegin, 29 December 1938 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive.</ref>
<ref name="note8">The manuscript score of the Overture contains the composer's pencil sketches for the added vocal parts in this passage.</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Orchestral Music]]