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    Beethoven and Tchaikovsky

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    Beethoven and Tchaikovsky While Ludwig van Beethoven and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky have much in common‚ they also have many differences. Both men are famous for their orchestral compositions and their future influence on other composers. They experienced a blend of horrible failures and great successes. Although they were from different musical time periods‚ they both made huge contributions to the world of music. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn‚ Germany 1770; the second half of the classical

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    The NutCracker was written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky was born on May 7‚ 1840‚ in Vyatka‚ Russia.He lived in Vyatka‚ Russia all his life and was the 2nd eldest of the 6 surviving kids in his family . Every since he was a child‚ he had a heart for music. At age four he wrote a song with his younger sister Alexandra. His first musical impressions came from an orchestra in the family.Tchaikovsky began taking piano lessons‚ but that was as close as he was going to get in Russia because

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    Tchaikovsky Research Paper

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    The Life of Peter Tchaikovsky Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ also spelled Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ was born in Votkinsk‚ in the city of Vyatka‚ Russia‚ May 7‚ 1840. Second in a family of five sons and one daughter‚ to whom he was extremely devoted. Once in his early teens when he was in school at St. Petersburg and his mother started to drive to another city‚ he had to be held back while she got into the carriage‚ and the moment he was free ran and tried to hold the wheels. There is an anecdote

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    Tchaikovsky music pieces seem to all have some type of meaningfulness or dramatic twist. . Tchaikovsky’s "1812 Overture” perpetuated to be popular because musical program featured booming cannons‚ ringing church bells‚ patriotic sing-a-longs‚ and a grand fireworks finale. The Boston event became the first to play the overture as a component of a Fourth of July celebration. Tchaikovsky was born May 7‚ 1840‚ in Votkinsk Russia. Tchaikovsky was a composer who was reproved rigorously by peers‚ edifiers

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    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed this symphonic poem in a mere 3 weeks. Under the suggestion of the music critic‚ Henry Laroche‚ Tchaikovsky created this symphonic work on the most famous incident in Dante’s Divine Comedy – the tragedy of Francesca and Paolo. Tchaikovsky dubbed this piece as a “symphonic fantasy.” On a letter to his brother‚ he wrote‚ “I have worked on it con amore‚ and I believe my love has been successful.” It was indeed an instant sensation. The symphonic fantasy premiered in

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    Tchaikovsky was born on May 17 in 1840. The country he was born in was Udmurtia‚ Russia. His style for writing was ballet and we was very good at melody writing. Tchaikovsky was not a nationalist even though he did write a few songs about his country. When Tchaikovsky was very poor and had no help this very nice women who Tchaikovsky has never seen before they have only talked online decided to be his financial supporter and her name was Madame Von Meck. Sadly Tchaikovsky passed away on November

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    As a group we have chosen to dissect the work from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. The single movement we have chosen is Tableau‚ Bild 1- Scene: Decorating the Christmas Tree. The Nutcracker work as a whole is very uplifting and has a lot of energy. The tones of this piece are bright and cheerful and engage the audience through the powerful injections from different instrumental groups. The Nutcracker is accompanied by a ballet that performs to the music. Doing this gives the audience a way to see and

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    I. Introduction Research question: What musical elements used by Bizet in his L’Arlesienne and Tchaikovsky in his Symphony No.2 reflect the feelings of the nationalist movement? During the 19th century‚ the music had changed in style‚ that they broke the form and freely composed the music and we call it romantic era. The music in Romantic era has large difference from the strict classical era‚ it became more expressive and use wide range of emotions. It expanded the orchestra‚ providing the depth

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    Filippe Moura Dr. Polo September 22‚ 2014 ! ! Pyotr Tchaikovsky String Quartet No 1 in D Major‚ op.11 Pyotr Iliyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer born 7 May 1840. During his life as a composer he worked basically on symphonies‚ concertos‚ operas‚ ballets‚ chamber music and a choral. By the time Tchaikovsky composed this string quartet he was a professor at the Moscow Conservatory and with this job’s payment he was barely getting by. The composer decided to present the concerto of his own

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    Tchaikovsky -The Nutcracker -MarcheThe Nutcracker Op.71 -No.2 March was written by Tchaikovsky and first performed in 1892. It is among the most popular scores written by him. Tchaikovsky wrote this piece while he was on his way back to his home. On his journey he went through Paris and discovered the celesta‚ an instrument that made a soft sound‚ similar to bells. Tchaikovsky used this accordingly to his piece. The celesta was used to represent the voice of the Sugar Plum fairy inThe Nutcracker

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