Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Composer)
Born: 7th May 1840, Votkinsk
Died: 6th November 1893, Saint Petersburg
Nationality: Russian
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He was honored in 1884 by Tsar Alexander III and awarded a lifetime pension.
Although musically precocious, Tchaikovsky was educated for a career as a civil servant. There was scant opportunity for a musical career in Russia at the time and no system of public music education.
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Popular Genres: Tchaikovsky
Chamber
Instrumental
Popular Works: Tchaikovsky
- 1812 Overture, Op. 49 (263)
- Andante Cantabile (from String Quartet No. 1 in D Op. 11) (135)
- Capriccio italien, Op. 45 (172)
- Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 (116)
- Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) (73)
- Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1 (59)
- Marche slave, Op. 31 (147)
- Nocturne, Op. 19 No. 4 (75)
- None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6 (117)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 (354)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 (65)
- Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 'In Memory of a Great Artist' (96)
- Polonaise (from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24) (63)
- Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture (293)
- Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48 (148)
- Sérénade Mélancolique in B minor, Op. 26 (105)
- Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (63)
- Sleeping Beauty, Suite, Op. 66a (68)
- Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42 (96)
- Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: Mélodie in E flat major (89)
- Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 (74)
- String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 (58)
- Swan Lake, Op. 20 (84)
- Swan Lake, Op. 20 Suite (86)
- Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 'Winter Daydreams' (82)
- Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 'Little Russian' (109)
- Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29 'Polish' (79)
- Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (233)
- Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (285)
- Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' (305)
- The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (161)
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (122)
- The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (73)
- The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers (103)
- The Seasons, Op. 37b (78)
- The Seasons, Op. 37b: June (Barcarolle) (73)
- Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6 (105)
- Valse-scherzo in C major for violin & orchestra (or violin & piano), Op. 34 (80)
- Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (182)
- Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (351)
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