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	The published score carries the inscription to "À mon ami [[Nikolay Rubinstein\|Nicolas Rubinstein]]".		The published score carries the inscription: "À mon ami [[Nikolay Rubinstein\|Nicolas Rubinstein]]".

	==Related Works==		==Related Works==

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	The piece was published by [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] in 1868, together with the student ''[[Impromptu in E-flat minor\|Impromptu]]'' in E-flat minor. In 1884, [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] undertook to publish a collection of Tchaikovsky's piano works, and asked the composer to select the pieces for this edition <ref name="note2"/>. Amongst other works, Tchaikovsky decided on the ''Scherzo à la russe'', with the reservation that "'perhaps in view of its difficulty, you would prefer not to print it? It's up to you: I chose it only because [[Nikolay Grigoryevich]] played it" <ref name="note3"/>.		The piece was published by [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] in 1868, together with the student ''[[Impromptu in E-flat minor\|Impromptu]]'' in E-flat minor. In 1884, [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] undertook to publish a collection of Tchaikovsky's piano works, and asked the composer to select the pieces for this edition <ref name="note2"/>. Amongst other works, Tchaikovsky decided on the ''Scherzo à la russe'', with the reservation that "'perhaps in view of its difficulty, you would prefer not to print it? It's up to you: I chose it only because [[Nikolay Grigoryevich]] played it" <ref name="note3"/>.

	In 1945 the ''Scherzo à la russe'' was published in volume 51А of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Ivan Shishov.		In 1945, the ''Scherzo à la russe'' was published in volume 51А of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Ivan Shishov.

	==Autographs==		==Autographs==
	The whereabouts of Tchaikovsky's manuscript score are unknown <ref name="note4"/>		The whereabouts of Tchaikovsky's manuscript score are unknown <ref name="note4"/>.

	==Recordings==		==Recordings==

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The '''''Scherzo à la russe''''' in B-flat minor, [[Op.]] 1, No. 1 ([[TH]] 124 ; [[ČW]] 98), was written early in 1867 in [[Moscow]]. It was Tchaikovsky's first published composition.

==Movements and Duration==
There is one movement: Allegro moderato (B-flat major, 267 bars), lasting around 7 minutes in performance.

==Composition==
The ''Scherzo'' was written early in 1867 at the request of Nikolay Rubinstein, and originally had the title ''Capriccio'' <ref name="note1"/>.

==Performances==
The first performance was given by [[Nikolay Rubinstein]] at a special RMS concert in [[Moscow]] on 31 March/12 April 1867.

On 8/20 January 1888 at the sixth Philharmonic Society concert in [[Hamburg]], [[Vasily Sapelnikov]] performed the ''Scherzo à la russe'' in the presence of the composer.

==Publication==
The piece was published by [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] in 1868, together with the student ''[[Impromptu in E-flat minor|Impromptu]]'' in E-flat minor. In 1884, [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] undertook to publish a collection of Tchaikovsky's piano works, and asked the composer to select the pieces for this edition <ref name="note2"/>. Amongst other works, Tchaikovsky decided on the ''Scherzo à la russe'', with the reservation that "'perhaps in view of its difficulty, you would prefer not to print it? It's up to you: I chose it only because [[Nikolay Grigoryevich]] played it" <ref name="note3"/>.

In 1945 the ''Scherzo à la russe'' was published in volume 51А of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Ivan Shishov.

==Autographs==
The whereabouts of Tchaikovsky's manuscript score are unknown <ref name="note4"/>

==Recordings==
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==Dedication==
The published score carries the inscription to "À mon ami [[Nikolay Rubinstein|Nicolas Rubinstein]]".

==Related Works==
The main theme of the piece is a Ukrainian song noted by Tchaikovsky at [[Kamenka]] in 1865 <ref name="note5"/>, and which he also used in the [[String Quartet in B-flat major]].

==External Links==
* {{imslpscore|2_Pieces,_Op.1_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)|2 Pieces, Op.1}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">{{bib|1900/35|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 273.</ref>
<ref name="note2">Letter from [[Pyotr Jurgenson]] to Tchaikovsky, 17/29 April 1884 — [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive.</ref>
<ref name="note3">[[Letter 2498]] to [[Pyotr Jurgenson]], 31 May/12 June 1884.</ref>
<ref name="note4">See also the article on the ''[[Impromptu in E-flat minor|Impromptu]]'' in E-flat minor.</ref>
<ref name="note5">{{bib|1900/35|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 197.</ref>
</references>
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