Famous Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Peter Tchaikovsky
By. Olivia D’Orazio
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a very influential composer of the late 19th century, known for Swan Lake, the Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty. He was born in Russia and was not encouraged by his parents to be a musician. Little did they know that their son would be one of the most famous composers of all time.
Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born May 7, 1840 in Kamsko-Votkinsk, a city east of Moscow Russia. His mother, Alexandra was half French and his father, Ilya Petrovich Tchaikovsky, was “superintendent of government-owned mines” (Kennedy Center). His parents originally did not support him playing music, since he was “already a neurotically excitable child”. His father, however, was involved with …show more content…
One of the symptoms of this nadir (the lowest point in the fortunes of a person) in his life was almost hysterical activity in composition culminating in the Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Opus 36 (1877, and the opera Eugene Onegin (1877-78) based on a poem by Aleksandr Pushkin”. In his sympathy for the main character, Tatyana, he married one of his former music students, Antonina Milyukova, when she threatened suicide if he didn’t accept her offer. She was then associated, in his mind, with Tatyana. He was married in 1877, and had a very unhappy marriage, for he abandoned his wife after mere weeks of marriage. He never saw his wife again, but had an irregular relationship with another woman, Nadezhda von Meck, whom he never met in person. She, a wealthy widow, was an admirer of his work. She gave him an annual sufficient to dedicate all his time to making his compositions. She requested that they never met in person, and her wish was granted. He wrote his Fourth Symphony in honor of her. Despite describing her frequent letters as irritating, it fulfilled a psychological need for both Tchaikovsky and von Meck. He almost never wrote from the heart; he wrote what he thought the people wanted. He appeared to have a desire to be liked by his audiences, almost obsessive over
By. Olivia D’Orazio
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a very influential composer of the late 19th century, known for Swan Lake, the Nutcracker, and Sleeping Beauty. He was born in Russia and was not encouraged by his parents to be a musician. Little did they know that their son would be one of the most famous composers of all time.
Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born May 7, 1840 in Kamsko-Votkinsk, a city east of Moscow Russia. His mother, Alexandra was half French and his father, Ilya Petrovich Tchaikovsky, was “superintendent of government-owned mines” (Kennedy Center). His parents originally did not support him playing music, since he was “already a neurotically excitable child”. His father, however, was involved with …show more content…
One of the symptoms of this nadir (the lowest point in the fortunes of a person) in his life was almost hysterical activity in composition culminating in the Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Opus 36 (1877, and the opera Eugene Onegin (1877-78) based on a poem by Aleksandr Pushkin”. In his sympathy for the main character, Tatyana, he married one of his former music students, Antonina Milyukova, when she threatened suicide if he didn’t accept her offer. She was then associated, in his mind, with Tatyana. He was married in 1877, and had a very unhappy marriage, for he abandoned his wife after mere weeks of marriage. He never saw his wife again, but had an irregular relationship with another woman, Nadezhda von Meck, whom he never met in person. She, a wealthy widow, was an admirer of his work. She gave him an annual sufficient to dedicate all his time to making his compositions. She requested that they never met in person, and her wish was granted. He wrote his Fourth Symphony in honor of her. Despite describing her frequent letters as irritating, it fulfilled a psychological need for both Tchaikovsky and von Meck. He almost never wrote from the heart; he wrote what he thought the people wanted. He appeared to have a desire to be liked by his audiences, almost obsessive over