Tchaikovsky : Album for the Young, Op. 39

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This Album for the Young contains 24 short descriptive piano pieces which Tchaikovsky composed expressly for children.

It was composed during the Romantic period, in April and May 1878.

It belongs to a genre called program music, as it musically depicts various images (Song of the Lark, The Sick Doll, Baba-Yaga the Witch) or moods and emotions (In Church, Sweet Dream, Winter Morning).

The pieces in the Album for the Young range from the easy to intermediate levels of difficulty.

Details about Tchaikovsky : Album for the Young, Op. 39

Title : Album for the Young, Op. 39
Subtitle : Children's Album - Album pour la jeunesse - Detskii Albom
Composer : Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Catalog : Opus 39
Style : Romantic
Composed/published : Moscow, 1878
Original instrumentation : Piano

Sources : Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young [Detskii Albom], Op. 39 (Moscow : P. Jurgenson, 1878).

Sheet music associated with Tchaikovsky : Album for the Young, Op. 39

Catalogue	Title	Key	Instrumentation
Opus 39, No. 1	Morning Prayer, Op. 39, No. 1	G Major	Piano
Opus 39, No. 1	Morning Prayer, Op. 39, No. 1	G Major	Violin and piano
Opus 39, No. 1	Morning Prayer, Op. 39, No. 1	C Major	Viola and piano
Opus 39, No. 1	Morning Prayer, Op. 39, No. 1	G Major	Descant recorder and piano
Opus 39, No. 1	Morning Prayer, Op. 39, No. 1	C Major	Flute and piano
Opus 39, No. 1	Morning Prayer, Op. 39, No. 1	C Major	Treble recorder and piano
Opus 39, No. 10	Polka, Op. 39, No. 10	B flat Major	Piano
Opus 39, No. 11	Mazurka, Op. 39, No. 11	D minor	Piano
Opus 39, No. 12	Russian Song, Op. 39, No. 12	F Major	Piano
Opus 39, No. 15	Italian Song, Op. 39, No. 15	D Major	Piano
Opus 39, No. 21	Sweet Dream, Op. 39, No. 21	C Major	Piano
Opus 39, No. 22	Song of the Lark, Op. 39, No. 22	G Major	Piano
Opus 39, No. 24	In Church, Op. 39, No. 24	E minor	Piano
Opus 39, No. 7	The Sick Doll, Op. 39, No. 7	G minor	Piano