Symphony No.2 'little Russian' Op.17 Study Score

Composed In 1872 And First Performed In Moscow At The Russian Musica Society On February 7, 1873, Tchaikovskys Second Venture Into The Symphonic Form Was Well-received, Soon Earning The Nickname 'little Russian' Due To His Quotation Of The Ukranian Folk-song The Crane In The Final Movement. Despite The Public Popularity, The Composer Was Not Satisfied And Revised The Work Fairly Extensively In Late 1879 And Early 1880 - The Standard Version Now Performed. This Study Score Is A Digitally-enhanced Reissue Of One First Issued By Brucknerverlag A Few Years After The Second World War Edited By Fritz Oeser, Which Itself Is A Re-engraving Of The Soviet Score From 1946.