Nocturne (1948)

Opus 1 (1959)

André Tchaikowsky as Composer
The Polish Music Information Center has provided the following list of compositions that are pre-1956 and usually associated with André's membership in the Polish Composers' Union. In the left panel are images of two fragments that survived: a Nocturne (1948) that Andrzej marked, Opus 1, Number 1, and dedicated to his grandmother Celina: and then one of his (12) Etudes that he wrote to develop certain aspects of his piano technique. The location of the manuscripts of the other compositions are unknown.

Ten Etudes for piano (1949)
Sonata in G-major for Piano (1949)
Suite, Prelude, Cavatina, Waltz, and Lullaby for piano (1950)
Violin Concerto (1950)
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1950)
Variations on a Theme of Cohen for piano (1950)
Prelude and Fugue for piano (1953)
Sonata for Viola and Piano (1954)
Two Preludes for piano (1954)
Two Etudes for piano (1955)
Song for soprano and piano (1955)

The exception to the list above is a Symphony (1958), but there is no known manuscript and if this did exist, it may have been destroyed after André moved from Paris to London in the early 1960s. This is because André told his Aunt Mala in Paris to destroy the large box he left behind and Mala's son, Charles Fortier, reported that Aunt Mala did, indeed, throw the box into the trash. According to friends, André felt that his compositions from 1957 and 1958 were overly influenced by his studies with Nadia Boulanger at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau and did not express his true compositional voice.

The links below list the André Tchaikowsky compositions of his mature period, that is, compositions after 1956. When a composition listing includes music you can hear/download, you will see the note icon (). Clicking on any link will inform you of what is known about how this composition came about, and performances, dates, and so forth.

Piano Concerto (1956-1957)
Sonata for Piano (1958)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1959) - Opus 1
Two Songs after Poems by William Blake (1960)
Octet (1961)
The "Inventions" for Piano (1961-1962) - Opus 2
Concerto Classico (1962-1964)
Arioso e Fuga per Clarinetto Solo (1964-1965)
“Hamlet" Music (1966)
Seven Sonnets of Shakespeare (1967)
"Ariel" (1969)
String Quartet No.1 in A (1969-1970) - Opus 3
Piano Concerto (1966-1971) - Opus 4
String Quartet No.2 in C (1973-1975) - Opus 5
Trio Notturno (1978) - Opus 6
Six Dances for Piano (1981)
Five Miniatures for Violin and Piano (1981)
The Merchant of Venice (1968-1982) - Opus 7