“Children’s Album” by P. I. Tchaikovsky and Its Musical Context

Abstract

The “Children’s Album” by P. I. Tchaikovsky remains the most popular and beloved cycle in the repertoire of young musicians to this day. It is also performed by adult pianists, because the music of the pieces in the “Children’s Album” refl ects the unique style of the great Russian composer. Among the famous masters of piano art who performed the “Children’s Album” are outstanding Russian pianists Alexander Goldenweiser, Yakov Flier, Arkady Sevidov, Mikhail Pletnev, as well as American pianist of German origin Michael Ponti. In Russian, many works, popular and scientifi c, have been devoted to the analysis of the “Children’s Album”. Researchers refl ect on the internal structure of the collection, describe the history of its creation, and explain the content of the pieces in the “Children’s Album”. The article presents analytical notes about the editions of the collection and the context in which the composer himself immersed the pieces of the “Children’s Album”.