Vstar3000

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 3 et al

Hi, Vstar2000.

OK, I have thought about this some more and done a heap more reading. Seems I was wrong about the 3rd Concerto. Tchaikovsky originally thought of calling it "Allegro de concert" or "Konzertstuck", because it had only the one movement, but it is very clear he later referred to it as a "concerto", and it was certainly published under that title and has never been described as "unfinished".

However, please see my remarks and suggested title change at Talk:Andante and Finale (Tchaikovsky)‎. It seems an impertinence to me that Taneyev et al ever considered it appropriate that what Tchaikovsky started should be "completed" by other hands. He made a very clear decision to write a concerto consisting of only one movement, and that should have been that. It seems a further impertinence that Taneyev's Andante and Finale (it is as much Taneyev's work as Tchaikovsky's) should ever be juxtaposed with the Concerto as if it now at last completes the set of movements to produce a "proper" concerto. That certainly didn't have Tchaikovsky's blessing - in fact, it went dead against his explicit wishes.

Anyway, looking forward to your thoughts on the Andante and Finale. Cheers. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ ^{[your turn]} 12:00, 4 July 2012 (UTC)