TCHAIKOVSKY PYOTR ILYICH Autograph Musical Quotation dated a

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SERENADE FOR STRINGS TCHAIKOVSKY, PYOTR ILYICH. Autograph Musical Quotation dated and Signed, "P. Tschaikovsky," 9 bars from the first movement of his Serenade for String Orchestra in C Major (Op. 48), notated on a pair of two-stave systems. With holograph tempo directive marked above first bar ("Allegretto" [Allegro moderato?]). 1 page, 8x9 1/2 inches, 8 staves printed on recto and verso; moderate scattered foxing, lower edge trimmed, faint uneven toning, horizontal fold, hinged at upper edge verso; matted with commemorative medallion and framed. London, 21 March 1888

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Additional Details

On the day after writing this quotation, Tchaikovsky performed the same work at St. James's Hall in London.
Additional research provided by David M. Perkins and Brett Langston, Tchaikovsky Research Project (http://www.tchaikovsky-research.net).
From the Jimmy Van Heusen Collection.