Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer (1840–1893)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer who lived from 1840 to 1893 and created some of the most famous and widely performed classical music in the world. His works, including ballets and symphonies, continue to be celebrated for their emotional depth and melodic beauty, making him one of the most important figures in classical music history.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1840-05-07
- Died
- 1893-10-25
- Works
- 19
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- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy [Danse de la Fee Dragee]
- Famous Solos and Encores for Violin and Piano
- Tchaikovsky
- Symphony No. 1
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was a Russian composer of the romantic period, whose works are among the most popular music in the classical repertoire. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally, bolstered by his appearances as a guest conductor in Europe and the United States. He was honored in 1884 by Emperor Alexander III, and awarded a lifetime pension.…
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- Type
- Person
- Country
- RU
- Active from
- 1850-05-13
- Active to
- 1915-02-02
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (/tʃaɪˈkɒfski/ chy-KOF-skee; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the classical repertoire, including the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, the Violin Concerto, the Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, several symphonies, the opera Eugene Onegin, and the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker.
Although musically precocious, Tchaikovsky was educated for a career as a civil servant as there was little opportunity for a musical career in Russia at the time and no public music education system. When an opportunity for such an education arose, he entered the nascent Saint Petersburg Conservatory, from which he graduated in 1865. The formal Western-oriented teaching Tchaikovsky received there set him apart from composers of the contemporary nationalist movement embodied by the Russian composers of The Five, with whom his professional relationship was mixed.
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