Tchaikovsky's First Symphony

I feel like, as a musician and a composer, I can relate to Tchaikovsky whenever he composes. In chapter four, Tchaikovsky is living out his first ventures as a music composer in the public eye. After a couple of relatively minor works, he finally begins work on his First Symphony, “Symphony no. 1 in G minor (Winter Daydreams)”. When it is first composed, his colleagues “condemned it [the symphony] roundly” (page 30). His one year break and subsequent revision of the symphony proved to be a good thing to do. Tchaikovsky reported to Anatoly that the symphony “‘scored a great success, particularly the Adagio.’” However, Tchaikovsky performed “Symphony no. 1”, revisions were made to it, especially the first movement.
I can relate to Tchaikovsky's
practice of making many revisions to his compositions, because I am very perfectionistic when it comes to my own music. When I made my first orchestral piece, which I deemed complete one week ago, it took me many months to fine tune the tone of the piece.