3. Valse Scherzo, for pianoforte. Jurgenson.
4. Op. 66. Dornröschen (Sleeping Beauty). Ballet in three acts, with a prologue. Dedicated to I. A. Vsievolojsky. The subject is taken from Perrault’s fairy tale of the same name.
The first performance of the Ballet took place January 3rd (15th), 1890, in the Maryinsky Theatre, Petersburg. Jurgenson.
1889-1890
1. Impromptu for pianoforte. Dedicated to A. Rubinstein. Jurgenson.
2. “Greeting to A. G. Rubinstein,” chorus a capella. Jurgenson.
3. Pique Dame. Opera in three acts and seven scenes. Libretto by Modeste Tchaikovsky. The subject is taken from Poushkin’s novel of the same name. The first performance took place in the Maryinsky Theatre, in Petersburg, December 7th (19th), 1890. Published by Jurgenson. For plot, see [Appendix B].
Besides the above, on June 13th Tchaikovsky began to compose a Sextet for Strings, of which the sketches were finished by June 30th.
1890-1891
1. Op. 67a. Music to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Overture, melodramas, fanfares, marches, and entr’actes for small orchestra. Seventeen numbers in all, of which, however, some are transferred from earlier works. Jurgenson.