Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky is from the the musical time period of the Romantic Era [1820-1910]. He was born in 1840 in present day Udmurtia‚ Russia. He died on November 6th‚ 1893 in St. Petersburg because of cholera. He received training from a teacher when he was younger and he also studied at the Russian Musical Society in 1861. He later studied at St.Petersburg Conservatory. In his childhood he has piano lessons at the age of 5. By the time he was 8 he knew all of the notes ‚just as well
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian revolutionary composer who played a big role in classical music. His life was not easy‚ and he used music as a rescue from his problems‚ thus‚ creating the most famous compositions still recognized and used today. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was not only a very talented composer who created great masterpieces like “The Nutcracker”‚ but a great man who put in himself all the strength to become a great figure who is still known today. He was growing to be one of
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“Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is one of the best known songs in The Nutcracker. Miles Hoffman‚ the music commentator for Morning Edition and a nationally renowned violinist‚ once stated‚ “And many of them [Tchaikovsky’s melodies] in this - just in this one ballet [The Nutcracker]- are immortal” (Hoffman). Tchaikovsky first began work on the music to the now internationally renowned ballet in February 1891 (Schwarm). While in Paris that year‚ he heard an instrument
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listener. Bach on the other hand‚ uses heavier‚ driven notes. His work is often classified as being “cinematic” or “suspenseful”. The main point I like about Tchaikovsky is that he combines both styles‚ and successfully turns it into a single‚ beautiful piece of true artwork. One example of this is Tchaikovsky’s piece titled 1812 Festival Overture Op. 49. This piece starts very soft‚ and soothing with a string ensemble. Inwards‚ it switches between driving Brass/String movements‚ and back to lighter
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky a Russian born composer. Born in Russia May 7‚ 1840 passed away November 6 1893 in St Petersburg Russia. Pyotr Tchaikovsky composed 169 pieces (ballets‚ concertos‚ symphonies‚ operas and songs.) He composed many of the great ballets of all time Swan Lake‚ The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty along with other famous works such as Romeo and Juliet and 1812 Overture. Tchaikovsky during his early life began his love for music. In September of 1844‚ he along with his three-year-old
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Tchaikovsky’s piece (movements one and two) had many long lines of melody and very intricate harmony parts. These two things helped move this legato piece along throughout these two movements. The first movement started out very legato and slow with the strings playing piano‚ and the woodwinds playing the melody perfectly. This melody then went to the violins and violas. The melody then got traded from the strings to the woodwinds and then back to the strings. Towards the middle of this movement
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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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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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Life and works of Pyotr Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Kamsko-Votkinsk‚ Russia‚ on May 7‚ 1840. He was introduced to music at age 5. His father was a Ukrainian mining engineer and his mother died when he was 14 - an event that may have stimulated him to compose (http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/5648/Tchaikovsky.htm). He was forced to deal with the cold atmosphere of a military boarding school after his mother died. As such‚ he shied away from the harsh and brutal world and found
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Gwendolyn Richmond Music Appreciation 110 November 11‚ 2014 Large Paper Pyotr ‘Peter’ Tchaikovsky Peter Tchaikovsky was one of the Great Russian composers of the Romantic Period and he created many musical masterpieces. Born in May of 1840‚ he was fascinated with music as young as five years old. His parents supported his dream but eventually directed him into the government. At ten years old‚ he studied at the School of Jurisprudence after he and his family relocated to St. Petersburg. When he
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