Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)
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The Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, also known as the Pathétique Symphony, is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's final completed symphony, written between February and August 1893. The composer titled it "
Portrait of Tchaikovsky, 1893
Tchaikovsky's draft of the Sixth Symphony
Vladimir Davydov
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Vladimir Lvovich Davydov was the second son of Lev and Alexandra Davydov, and nephew of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who called him "Bob".
Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)
…the manuscript "in one of his frequent moods of depression and doubt over his alleged inability to create". In 1892, Tchaikovsky wrote to his nephew Vladimir "Bob" Davydov: The symphony is only a work written by dint of sheer will on the part of the composer; it contains nothing that is interesting or sympathetic. It…
Davydov (right) with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in 1892