Symphony No. 4 (Tchaikovsky)

Symphony No. 4
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The composer, c. 1875
KeyF minor
Opus36
Composed1877 (1877)–1878
DedicationNadezhda von Meck
Movements4
Premiere
DateFebruary 1878
LocationMoscow
ConductorNikolai Rubinstein

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, was written between 1877 and 1878. Its first performance was at a Russian Musical Society concert in Moscow on February 22 (or the 10th using the calendar of the time), 1878, with Nikolai Rubinstein as conductor. In Central Europe it sometimes receives the nickname "Fatum", or "Fate".