Marche Slave by Tchaikovsky

Thus, I had to consult other sources. In this way, I checked also some websites including Wikipedia and Wiki.tchaikovsky. I found details relative to the background and the ideological reasons that motivated the Russian composer to write this melody in the former; whereas the latter gave me a more theoretical view of the piece as it was more music-theory oriented. In addition of these two websites I also looked up in Laphil.com which was a mixture of theoretical and practical perspectives. As said above, these three sites focused more in the piece itself; therefore they provide more revealing clues to form an opinion.
             About the author, Tchaikovsky was a very well-known Russian composer (1840-1893) whose works included many different types of classical music compositions such as symphonies, operas and ballets. He is probably the first Russian composer whose work has deeply influenced other international musicians and composers. Related to the piece, it was premiered in 1876. It was orchestrated in late September/early October 1876 in Moscow for a charity concert in aid of victims of the war between Serbia and Turkey. Contextualizing, in June of that year, Serbia and the Ottoman Empire were engaged in the Serbo-Turkish War. Russia openly supported Serbia. It is remarkable the fact that Tchaikovsky was Russian. This may sound obvious but, despite he was not an avowed musical nationalist, his nationality is crucial to understand why he sympathized with the Slavs civilizations and what kind of feelings arouse during the Serb-Turkish War. In fact, Thaikovsky used to call this piece his, "Serbo-Russian March," while writing. And even more, the occasion for Marche Slave was a benefit concert held in 1876 to raise funds for soldiers wounded in the Serbo-Turkish war, a war which, because of Czar Alexander II's sympathy for the Serbs, developed into armed conflict between Turkey and Russia.