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 made 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 Works: Tchaikovsky
- 1812 Overture, Op. 49 (270)
- Album for the Young, Op. 39 (34)
- Capriccio italien, Op. 45 (177)
- Cherevichki (The Slippers) (4)
- Elegy for strings (20)
- Eugene Onegin (40)
- Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 (116)
- Hamlet - Fantasy overture, Op. 67 (45)
- Iolanta (11)
- Jeanne d'Arc, La Pucelle d'Orleans (2)
- Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 41 (12)
- Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 (57)
- Marche slave, Op. 31 (150)
- Mazeppa (5)
- Morceaux (18), Op. 72 (10)
- Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62 for cello & orchestra (or cello & piano) (49)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 (343)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44 (64)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 75 (44)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 80 (18)
- Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 'In Memory of a Great Artist' (92)
- Pique Dame (23)
- Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture (292)
- Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48 (144)
- Sérénade Mélancolique for Violin & Orchestra in B minor, Op. 26 (102)
- Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (63)
- Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42 (96)
- Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 (74)
- String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 (58)
- String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 22 (26)
- String Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor, Op. 30 (29)
- Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op. 43 (15)
- Suite No. 2 in C major, Op. 53 (14)
- Suite No. 4 in G major, Op.61 'Mozartiana' (26)
- Swan Lake, Op. 20 (85)
- Swan Lake, Op. 20 Suite (81)
- Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 'Winter Daydreams' (83)
- Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 'Little Russian' (107)
- Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29 'Polish' (78)
- Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36 (235)
- Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (283)
- Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique' (303)
- The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (156)
- The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (121)
- The Seasons, Op. 37b (79)
- The Tempest, Op. 18 (35)
- The Voyevoda, symphonic ballad Op. 78 (19)
- Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33 (180)
- Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (345)
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