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It was in the decade between 1877 and 1887 that Tchaikovsky created most of his spiritual works. This also happened to be a time in which his close friendship with [[tchaikovsky:Nikolay Kondratyev|Nikolaj Kondrat'ev]] and family was under some stress, and they did not visit each other very much. During this time Tchaikovsky thought about existential questions, up to creating his own creed. In 1877 the composer writes: | It was in the decade between 1877 and 1887 that Tchaikovsky created most of his spiritual works. This also happened to be a time in which his close friendship with [[tchaikovsky:Nikolay Kondratyev|Nikolaj Kondrat'ev]] and family was under some stress, and they did not visit each other very much. During this time Tchaikovsky thought about existential questions, up to creating his own creed. In 1877 the composer writes: | ||
{{quote|text=I have forgotten that there are plenty of people who managed to create for themselves an harmonic set of ideas that replaced religion for them. It remains for me only to envy those people. It seems to me that all my life I am doomed to doubt and to look for a way out of contradictions|author=Pyotr Tchaikovsky|source= | {{quote|text=I have forgotten that there are plenty of people who managed to create for themselves an harmonic set of ideas that replaced religion for them. It remains for me only to envy those people. It seems to me that all my life I am doomed to doubt and to look for a way out of contradictions|author=Pyotr Tchaikovsky|source=''Perepiska s N. F. fon-Mekk'', vol. 1, p. 111 (letter from Venice, December 5-17, 1877)}} | ||
And in 1887 again the composer makes a record in his diary touching on his religious beliefs: | And in 1887 again the composer makes a record in his diary touching on his religious beliefs: | ||