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Six Dances for Piano (1981)
This webpage provides information about the André Tchaikowsky composition, Six Dances for Piano (1981). This includes text from the book, The Other Tchaikowsky - A Biographical Sketch of André Tchaikowsky. Of the six dances, only two were completed before André's death: Tango and Mazurka. There is a single professional recording of the two dances by Colin Stone (www.colinstone.co.uk) on the Merlin Records (www.merlinclassics.com), MRFD 20033. There is an additional recording of the Mazurka by André himself that he taped and sent to his friend Halinka Janowska in Warsaw, with an introduction by André (in Polish).

Music/MP3
The following music of the Tango and Mazurka is courtesy of Colin Stone and Merlin Records:

Tango / 01_six_dances_tango.mp3
Mazurka / 02_six_dances_mazurka.mp3

The following introduction and music of the Mazurka is by André himself, courtesy of Halinka Janowska:

Mazurka Introduction by André (in Polish) / 01_at_mazurka_intro.mp3
Mazurka / 02_at_mazurka.mp3

Known Details:
The following text is from the book, The Other Tchaikowsky - A Biographical Sketch of André Tchaikowsky, and describes what is known about the Six Dances for Piano (1981).

André had undertaken in 1981 to write Six Dances for Piano for pianist Stephen Kovacevitch. An earlier commission for a composition, Pink Theme and Variations based on the movie music “The Pink Panther,” had been declined by André. André had not accepted payment for the six dances composition, but when he fell on hard financial times, Stephen called the Six Dances for Piano a commission and paid André £500. Only the Mazurka and Tango were finished. André arranged the Mazurka for piano duet and presented it to the Crommelynck Duo while he was at the Crommelynck home in Paris recovering from his January 1982 cancer operation. The Mazurka and Tango were recorded by Colin Stone on the Merlin Records label (MRFD 20033). The original scores are held by Stephen Kovacevitch and the Crommelynck Duo. Since their death, the whereabouts of the original Crommelynck Duo score is unknown, but a copy is in the Weinberger archives.