DHY Esoteric Profile of Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893 By Marilene dos Santos 1 - Mini Biography Introduction Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic era, born on May 7, 1840, 6:35 AM in Votkinsk, Vyatka region, Russia. His works include symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, chamber music, and a choral setting of the Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy. Some of these are among the most popular theatrical music in the classical repertoire including the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally, which he bolstered with appearances as a guest conductor later in his career in Europe and the United States. Tchaikovsky was honored in 1884 by Emperor Alexander III, and awarded a lifetime pension in the late 1880s. Family Tchaikovsky was born to a fairly wealthy middle class family. His father, named Ilya Tchaikovsky was a mining business executive in Votkinsk. His father's ancestors were f
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Pyotr I Tchaikovsky Biography
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2. Pyotr ilich Tchaikovsky (1840- 1893) Tchaikovsky was a russian composer of the Romantic era. He wrote music across a range of genres, including symphony, opera, ballet, instrumental, chamber and song. He wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake , The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker , as well as the 1812 Overture , his First Piano Concerto , his last three numbered symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin. By the end of his fairly short life of 53 years, Tchaikovsky was one of the most recognized classical composers. After his triumphant tour of America, and being awarded an Honorary Doctorate at Cambridge University , he was accepted as a world figure, not a merely national composer but one of universal significance.
3. In 1891 the Carnegie Hall program booklet proclaimed him, together with Brahms and Saint-Saëns, to be one of the three greatest living musicians, while music critics pr •
List of compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer[8]
Work and forces
Arranged for
Date
Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "Tempest", first movement
Orchestra (4 versions)
1863
Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47 "Kreutzer", first movement
Orchestra
1863–64
Bortniansky
Complete Church Music, choir
Choir, edited
July – November 1881
Cimarosa
"Le faccio un inchino", trio from Il matrimonio segreto (available for 3 voices and piano)