"Russian composer Tchaikovsky is a genius. Objectively speaking, this is also his long and melodramatic violin concerto. For a time, it moved like music, not without spirit. But before long, vulgarity prevailed. The violin stopped playing. It was pulled, torn and chopped. [second movement]? Adagio was at its best, but it broke, making way for the final outcome, and plunged us into the cruel and tragic joy of the Russian holiday. We clearly see savage and vulgar faces; We heard the curse and smelled vodka. Friedrich Vischer once described that some vulgar paintings make eyes stink. Tchaikovsky's violin concerto brought us a terrible idea for the first time, that is, music may also make our ears stink. "
The creation of violin concerto in D major is probably the product of emotional agitation. 1July 877 18 to 10/October 7, Tchaikovsky and his former student antonina Miryukova were married for only three months and attempted suicide. 1878 In late February, with the encouragement of family and friends, Tchaikovsky arrived in Clarence, Geneva Lake, and stayed at Li Sailiu Villa. During this period, the violinist Yosif Kotek often visited and encouraged Tchaikovsky to write violin concertos. In fact, Yusuf Kotek is also Tchaikovsky's soul mate in Moscow Conservatory of Music.
Tchaikovsky intended to dedicate the violin concerto in D major to Kotek after completing it, but he was already under the pressure of public opinion because the tolerance for homosexuality in Europe was still very low at that time. He finally dedicated this concerto to his colleague in Moscow Conservatory of Music and the world-famous violinist leopold auer. Regrettably, when Orr said that the solo part was "unable to play" after reading the piano score, Tchaikovsky was deeply saddened again and began to revise the concerto, which lasted for two and a half years. It was not until the concerto finally came on stage that Orr realized that he was wrong. Not only did he apologize to Tchaikovsky, but he also personally learned the "unplayable" violin part, became one of the greatest advocates of the concerto, and introduced him to his best students, including Mischa Elman and Jascha Heifetz.