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Re: Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave
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Jeffrey Hall <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 12 Apr 1999 07:42:48 -0400
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I am no expert but I remember reading in a book that Tchaikovsky wrote
this piece in around 1876 for a benefit concert for wounded Serbian
soldiers.  I believe they were fighting the Muslim Turks.

The more things change, the more they remain the same.
:-(

Jeffrey Hall <[log in to unmask]>

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