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Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in Full Score (Dover Music Scores)

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Hi,
I heard the San Francisco Symphony preform Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Opus 17, Little Russian, recently and instantly fell in love with it.Though the shortest of Tchaikovsky's symphonies this is not a " Little Russian" symphony as distinct from a big one. The nickname refers to Little Russsia, an affectionate name for Ukraine. Anyways, after hearing it, I had a great interest to see the music to see how it was like and just to study it, so I bought at Amazon. com. It is really great: it has large unabridged,full score, Dover republication of the first three symphonies of Tchaikovsky.It's measures 9 3/8 x 12 1/4 which makes it really quite easy to read. I suggest that anyone serious in studying music should buy this because it's a great book to learn from!Nice cover artwork ,too! = )
Contents within this book:
Symphony No. 1 in G minor , Op. 13," Winter Day Dreams"
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op 17, "Little Russian"
Symphony no. 3 in D major, Op. 29, " Polish"

Awesome book! Didn't know the Third, but once I cracked this open, I was astounded! It's worth the price just for this symphony alone. And the other two DO NOT suck!!! As expected, the usual Dover craftsmanship applies. Nice layout, easy to keep open on a stand or desk.

Highly recommended for anyone wanting to study the orchestration and symphonic structure of a master composer.