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	==Composition==		==Composition==
	Students and colleagues at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory traditionally celebrated the name-day <ref name="note2"/> of the founder of the institution, [[Nikolay Rubinstein]]. Tchaikovsky's manuscript score is dated 1/13 December 1872, and includes a note by [[Karl Albrecht]]: "Serenade, comp[osed] by P. I. Tchaikovsky and performed on 6 Dec. 1872 {{OS}} by students of the Conservatory at 6 pm for the name-day of [[Nikolay Rubinstein\|Nikolay Grigoryevich Rubinstein]]".		Students and colleagues at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory traditionally celebrated the name-day <ref name="note2"/> of the founder of the institution, [[Nikolay Rubinstein]]. Tchaikovsky's manuscript score is dated 1/13 December 1872, and includes a note by [[Karl Albrecht]]: "Serenade, comp[osed] by P. I. Tchaikovsky and performed on 6 Dec. 1872 {{OS}} by students of the Conservatory at 6 o'clock in the morning for the name-day of [[Nikolay Rubinstein\|Nikolay Grigoryevich Rubinstein]]" <ref name="note3"/>.

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	<ref name="note1">Entitled 'Serenade for N. G. Rubinstein's Name-Day' in [[TH]], and 'Serenade to Nikolaj Rubinštejn's Name Day' in [[ČW]].</ref>		<ref name="note1">Entitled 'Serenade for N. G. Rubinstein's Name-Day' in [[TH]], and 'Serenade to Nikolaj Rubinštejn's Name Day' in [[ČW]].</ref>
	<ref name="note2">Following the old Russian custom of celebrating the feast day of the saint after whom they were named — in this case Saint Nicholas's day on 6 December {{OS}}.</ref>		<ref name="note2">Following the old Russian custom of celebrating the feast day of the saint after whom they were named — in this case Saint Nicholas's day on 6 December {{OS}}.</ref>
			<ref name="note3">«Серенада соч. П. И. Чайковского и исполненная 6 Декабря учениками консерватории в 6 ч. у[тра] к именинам Николая Григорьевича Рубинштейна»</ref>
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Tchaikovsky's '''''Serenade''''' in A major ([[TH]] 43 ; [[ČW]] 40) <ref name="note1"/> was composed and orchestrated in December 1872 for the name-day celebrations of his friend [[Nikolay Rubinstein]].

==Instrumentation==
The Serenade is scored for a small orchestra consisting of flute, 2 clarinets (in A) + horn (in F), trumpet (in D) + violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses.

==Duration==
There is one movement: Andantino quasi Allegretto (A minor, 50 bars), lasting around 3 minutes in performance.

==Composition==
Students and colleagues at the [[Moscow]] Conservatory traditionally celebrated the name-day <ref name="note2"/> of the founder of the institution, [[Nikolay Rubinstein]]. Tchaikovsky's manuscript score is dated 1/13 December 1872, and includes a note by [[Karl Albrecht]]: "Serenade, comp[osed] by P. I. Tchaikovsky and performed on 6 Dec. 1872 {{OS}} by students of the Conservatory at 6 pm for the name-day of [[Nikolay Rubinstein|Nikolay Grigoryevich Rubinstein]]".

==Performances==
Following the aforementioned private performance in [[Nikolay Rubinstein]]'s apartment in [[Moscow]] on 6/18 December 1872, the Serenade was not heard again until its public premiere in [[Moscow]] on 5 November 1953, by members of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Konstantin Ivanov.

==Publication==
The Serenade was published for the first time in 1961 in volume 24 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Irina Iordan.

==Autographs==
Tchaikovsky's handwritten score is preserved in the {{RUS-Mcm}} in [[Moscow]] {{TOW2|serenada-k-imeninam-n-g-rubinshteyna|(ф. 88, No. 84)}}.

==Recordings==
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==Dedication==
To [[Nikolay Rubinstein]] (1835-1881), virtuoso pianist, and founder of the [[Moscow]] Conservatory.

==External Links==
* {{imslpscore|Serenade_for_Nikolay_Rubinstein%27s_Name-Day_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)|Serenade for Nikolay Rubinstein's Name-Day}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">Entitled 'Serenade for N. G. Rubinstein's Name-Day' in [[TH]], and 'Serenade to Nikolaj Rubinštejn's Name Day' in [[ČW]].</ref>
<ref name="note2">Following the old Russian custom of celebrating the feast day of the saint after whom they were named — in this case Saint Nicholas's day on 6 December {{OS}}.</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Orchestral Music]]