Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Op37 No.8 August (Harvest Song) is currently unavailable

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String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1194496 Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Arranged by Ryuichi Horikoshi. 19th Century. Score and Parts. 27 pages. R1音楽企画室 #793868. Published by R1音楽企画室 (A0.1194496). String ensemble arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s August (Harvest Song) from The piano collection The Seasons   Op. 37a. Score, Set of Parts. 25 pages.August (Harvest Song) is an intact depiction of a summer farming scene in the piano collection The Four Seasons, Op 37a. The main part expresses the urgency to finish the work during the short summer months, while the middle part seems to depict a brief respite between tasks. The song ends with the main part returning to the work of harvesting.The piano collection The Four Seasons (originally titled Les Saisons) is known as a collection of 12 piano pieces, one for each month, depicting the customs of the Russian year. To me, as the arranger, it seems to strongly reflect scenes from the composer's own homeland, Ukraine.Tchaikovsky's Ukrainian roots are not surprising. Tchaikovsky's surname was changed from Chaika (Чайка: a traditional Ukrainian surname meaning seagull) by his grandfather, and his family originated from the Chaika family of Ukrainian Cossacks who had a territory in what is now Poltava Oblast. This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).