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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky[a 1] (Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайковский, tr.Pëtr Il'ich ChaikovskiyIPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɪlʲˈjitɕ tɕajˈkofskʲɪj] (listen)); often Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky/ˈpiːtər ˈɪlɨtʃ tʃaɪˈkɒvski/ in English; May 7, 1840 [O.S. April 25] – November 6, 1893 [O.S. October 25])[a 2] was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. His wide ranging output includes symphonies, operas, ballets, instrumental and chamber music and songs. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, his last three numbered symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin.
Born into a middle-class family, Tchaikovsky was educated for a car
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(1840-1893)
Who Was Tchaikovsky?
Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's work was first publicly performed in 1865. In 1868, his First Symphony was well-received. In 1874, he established himself with Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat Minor. Tchaikovsky resigned from the Moscow Conservatory in 1878 and spent the rest of his career composing yet more prolifically. Tchaikovsky is most celebrated for his ballets, specifically Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. He died in St. Petersburg on November 6, 1893.
Early Life
Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840, in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Vyatka, Russia. He was the second eldest of his parents' six surviving offspring. Tchaikovsky's father, Ilya, worked as a mine inspector and metal works manager.
When he was just five years old, Tchaikovsky began taking piano lessons. Although he displayed an early passion for music, his parents hoped that he would grow up to work in the civil service. At the age of 10, Tchaikovsky began attending the Imperial School of Jurisprudence,
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Biography
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer whose works included symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, and chamber music.
Life and Music
Tchaikovsky was born on May 7th 1840 in Votkinsk, a small town in the Russian Empire.
He displayed exceptional musical ability from an early age, improvising at the piano and composing his first song in 1844, aged four.
Tchaikovsky persuaded his father that music was his future and he began composition lessons with Anton Rubinstein in 1861.
Between 1871 and 1876 he produced a series of great works, including Swan Lake (1876) and the First Piano Concerto (1875), which established him as Russia’s leading composer.
Following his ill-fated, short-lived marriage in 1877, he made a failed attempt at committing suicide.
1880 saw Tchaikovsky compose perhaps his most famous piece, the 1812 Overture - cannons at the ready!
By 1887, he was conducting his own music to great acclaim and producing such works as the Sixth Symphony, the 'Pathetique' in 1893 (the year of his death) and the ballets The Sleeping Beau
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