Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ also known as Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ was a Russian Composer who lived during the late Romantic Period. He was mostly famous for composing pieces of music for operas and ballets. He was born on May 7‚ 1840 in Kamsko-Votkinsk‚ Vyatka‚ Russia. He took piano lessons at the age of five‚ and showed his passion for music when he was young. However‚ his parents wanted him to work in the civil service. Since he wanted to obey his parents and their wishes for him‚ he went to boarding
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Peter Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture is a symphonic poem that accurately follows one of Shakespeare’s most well-known plays. The piece was written in six weeks and premiered in 1870. It contains three themes and generally follows a traditional sonata-allegro form. The first theme is church-like with its homophonic nature and represents Friar Lawrence in the play. The second theme‚ Theme A‚ is very rhythmic with a melody that at times is dissonant to its harmony and represents the feud
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The 1812 Overture‚ composed by Peter Tchaikovsky is the most widely regonized piece of classical music. The 1812 Overture was written to commerate the victory of Russia in the Napoleonic War in 1812. The defeat of this battle marked the start of the long and disastrous retreat that destroyed Napoleon and his army. In 1880‚ the Russian composer Tchaikovsky was commissioned to write an uplifting and patriotic piece to immortalize Napoleon’s defeat and celebrate the liberation of the Russians. Cannons
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Both films‚ ‘The Magdalene Sisters’ (Peter Mullan‚ 2002) and ‘The Lives of Others’ (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck‚ 2006)‚ perform a public function of enabling their viewers to work through the legacy of traumatic Irish/ German history. Critically discuss the statement. As with much of national cinema and national culture both The Magdalene Sisters and The Lives of Others may act as a means of coming to terms with each respective country’s traumatic past. Ruth Barton’s comment “We may argue
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First performed in Saint Petersburg‚ Russia‚ the classic Christmas ballet‚ The Nutcracker has been shown for over 100 years. The composer‚ Peter Tchaikovsky‚ and choreographer Marius Petipa teamed up to create a timeless production as an adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffman’s tale "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." This pair had previously worked together on another classical ballet‚ Sleeping Beauty. Despite the great fame of the ballet today‚ The Nutcracker was not a success right away. It’s first production
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dancers that was dancing professionally instead of accruing dance performance experience for the possibility of a future career. Swan Lake is a ballet that consist of four acts. It is based from a German fairy tale. It contains music from Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The first performance of Swan Lake was in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theatre It was held on May 4‚ 1877. The choreographer was Julius Reisigner. It was not successful. Swan Lake was Peter’s first ballet‚ Swan Lake is considered by many to be
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Live Performance Response The aim of this paper is to carefully analyze the performances entitled‚ “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” by Tchaikovsky and the “Russian Dance” from Nutcracker. Herein‚ it should be noted that both the songs and the ballerina performance are exemplary and have been considered as a great example of fine movements and choreography. The analysis of the selected performances will be done through the point of view of dance sequences and movements that have been designed based
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n the midst of the escalating disasters‚ América gives birth to Socorro‚ a daughter‚ whom she suspects might be blind. But the couple has no money to see the doctor. Delaney stalks Cándido back to their shack. He carries a gun‚ but doesn’t intend to kill Cándido with it. Meanwhile‚ America tells Cándido about the night when she was raped‚ as she suspects that the baby’s blindness was caused by venereal disease transmitted by the rapist. Just as she is telling him this‚ Delaney finds their shack and
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My Experience with the ISU Orchestra Concert 3: Tchaikovsky On the 28th April 2011 I participated with the Iowa state orchestra on the last performance for the year. The orchestra included works by Tchaikovsky. The orchestra performed the 5th Symphony in E minor. This piece is in sonata form‚ which has a theme that is heard throughout the piece. The overall trajectory of the Tchaikovsky’s 5th reminds the listeners to Beethoven’s 5th symphony as they were both during the times of war and it
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from The Nutcracker online for my first choice in my performance paper. This magnificent piece was composed by Peter Llyich Tchaikovsky during the Romantic period in 1892. This performance is performed by about 12 Ballerinas with the music being played in the background. “The Waltz of the Flowers” is actually ACT II from The Nutcracker‚ which is a very well known and amazing song. Tchaikovsky wrote this piece about a young girl named Clara that cannot wait for Christmas morning to arrive. She spends
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