Tchaikovsky composed his most beautiful march in honor of the Serbian army, and the reason for this is BEAUTIFUL

The famous composition was inspired by the events of the Serbian-Turkish war in 1876. In this armed conflict, a large number of Russian volunteers fought on the side of the Serbs. Even the literary character of Vronsky famous Tolstoy's novel "Anna Karenina" fought in the Balkans as a volunteer

Back in 1876, in mid-November in Moscow the compositions had its premiere by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Slovenian march or Serbo-Russian March in B minor, opus 31 December.

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The famous composition was inspired by the events of the Serbian-Turkish war in 1876. In this armed conflict, a large number of Russian volunteers fought on the side of the Serbs. Even the literary character of Vronsky famous Tolstoy's novel "Anna Karenina" fought in the Balkans as a volunteer.

There are some stories that Nikolai Rubinstein, a close friend of Tchaikovsky, asked the famous composer to write a work that would be performed at a charity concert for the Russian wounded in this war. Carried with this patriotic motives, Tchaikovsky wrote, according to many, his best and greatest work. In it, the composer describes the suffering of Serbs under Turkish occupation, crimes in the Balkans, Serbian cry for help, as well as the march of Russian volunteers to the aid of the Serbs.

In order to meet with Serbian tradition, Tchaikovsky listened, Serb folk music, and even three songs served as direct inspiration - "The sun bright, you are not glowing equally," "Doorstep of the beloved Serb" and "Because gunpowder," which he found in the collection of Kornelije Stankovic "Serbian folk melodies", printed in Vienna in 1862.

Famous composer liked the work so much that he personally conducted the premiere concert in Moscow. The audience was delighted with the the march. Title of the composition was "Serbo-Russian March", later changed to "Slovenian march".

Listen to this marvelous work:

(Telegraf.co.uk)