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	==Related Works==		==Related Works==
	The main theme of the quartet (from bar 50) was a Ukrainian song heard by Tchaikovsky from garden workers at [[Kamenka]] during the summer of 1865. Two years later he re-used it in ~~the~~ the piano piece ''[[Scherzo à la russe]]''.		The main theme of the quartet (from bar 50) was a Ukrainian song heard by Tchaikovsky from garden workers at [[Kamenka]] during the summer of 1865. Two years later he re-used it in the piano piece ''[[Scherzo à la russe]]''.

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

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	==Composition==		==Composition==
	Nothing is known about the ~~quartet's~~ composition of the quartet, which was probably begun after the start of the conservatory term on 15/27 August 1865, and completed before the first performance on 30 October/11 November 1865.		Nothing is known about the composition of the quartet, which was probably begun after the start of the conservatory term on 15/27 August 1865, and completed before the first performance on 30 October/11 November 1865.

	It is possible that this work was subsequently revised by the composer: [[Nikolay Kashkin]] recalled that the copy-book containing the score of the ''[[Scherzo à la russe]]'' for piano, written in 1867, also included a revised movement of a string quartet dating from Tchaikovsky's student years <ref name="note3"/>. Unfortunately the copy-book has been lost, but because the piano piece and the quartet in B-flat major share the same main theme, it is possible that the composer referred to another version of this quartet movement while composing the ''[[Scherzo à la russe]]''.		It is possible that this work was subsequently revised by the composer: [[Nikolay Kashkin]] recalled that the copy-book containing the score of the ''[[Scherzo à la russe]]'' for piano, written in 1867, also included a revised movement of a string quartet dating from Tchaikovsky's student years <ref name="note3"/>. Unfortunately the copy-book has been lost, but because the piano piece and the quartet in B-flat major share the same main theme, it is possible that the composer referred to another version of this quartet movement while composing the ''[[Scherzo à la russe]]''.
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	==Publication==		==Publication==
	The quartet was published for the first time in 1940 by Muzgiz in [[Moscow]], as "Unfinished Quartet" (Неоконченный квартет). In 1955 it was included in volume 31 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Anatoly Aleksandrov.		The quartet was published for the first time in 1940 by Muzgiz in [[Moscow]], as "Unfinished Quartet" (Неоконченный квартет). In 1955, it was included in volume 31 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Anatoly Aleksandrov.

	==Autographs==		==Autographs==

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Tchaikovsky wrote his unnumbered '''''String Quartet''''' in B-flat major ([[TH]] 110 ; [[ČW]] 89) in 1865 while he was a student at the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory. Only one movement survives — an Allegro, with an introduction and coda.

==Instrumentation==
Scored for 2 violins, viola and cello.

==Movements and Duration==
Only one movement is known: Adagio misterioso—Allegro con moto (B-flat major, 403 bars), lasting around 12 minutes in performance.

[[Modest Tchaikovsky]] suggested there may have been other movements that were later destroyed by the composer <ref name="note1"/>, while [[Herman Laroche]] recalled that only one movement was was ever composed <ref name="note2"/>.

==Composition==
Nothing is known about the quartet's composition of the quartet, which was probably begun after the start of the conservatory term on 15/27 August 1865, and completed before the first performance on 30 October/11 November 1865.

It is possible that this work was subsequently revised by the composer: [[Nikolay Kashkin]] recalled that the copy-book containing the score of the ''[[Scherzo à la russe]]'' for piano, written in 1867, also included a revised movement of a string quartet dating from Tchaikovsky's student years <ref name="note3"/>. Unfortunately the copy-book has been lost, but because the piano piece and the quartet in B-flat major share the same main theme, it is possible that the composer referred to another version of this quartet movement while composing the ''[[Scherzo à la russe]]''.

==Performances==
The premiere of the quartet took place on 30 October/11 November 1865, at the sixteenth musical evening by students of the [[Saint Petersburg]] Conservatory. The performers were: Konstantin Pushilov and Dmitry Panov (violins), [[Vasily Bessel]] (viola), and [[Aleksandr Kuznetsov]] (cello).

The first performance in [[Moscow]] seems to have only taken place on 14 February 1931, at a concert by the Beethoven Quartet: Dmitry Tsyganov and Vasily Shirinsky (violins), Vadim Borisovsky (viola), and Sergey Shirinsky (cello).

==Publication==
The quartet was published for the first time in 1940 by Muzgiz in [[Moscow]], as "Unfinished Quartet" (Неоконченный квартет). In 1955 it was included in volume 31 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Anatoly Aleksandrov.

==Autographs==
Tchaikovsky's manuscript score is preserved in the Tchaikovsky House-Museum Archive at [[Klin]] (a{{sup|1}}, No. 121).

==Recordings==
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==Related Works==
The main theme of the quartet (from bar 50) was a Ukrainian song heard by Tchaikovsky from garden workers at [[Kamenka]] during the summer of 1865. Two years later he re-used it in the the piano piece ''[[Scherzo à la russe]]''.

==External Links==
* {{imslpscore|String_Quartet_in_B-flat_major_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr)|String Quartet in B-flat major}}

==Notes and References==
<references>
<ref name="note1">See {{bib|1900/35|Жизнь Петра Ильича Чайковского ; том 1}} (1900), p. 197, 201, 273.</ref>
<ref name="note2">See [[Herman Laroche]], {{bib|1894/17|На память о П. И. Чайковском}} (1894), p. 17.</ref>
<ref name="note3">See [[Nikolay Kashkin]], {{bib|1896/17|Воспоминания о П. И. Чайковском}} (1896), p. 49-50.</ref>
</references>
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