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Monday, November 06, 2006

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky 's birthplace in Vokinsky.
1840,May 7, son of Ilya Petrovitch Tchaikvosky, an inspector of mines.

1850, Begins to compose. Sent to School of Jurisprudence in St. Petersburg.

1863,Resigns his post at the Ministry of Justice in order to devote all his time to music study (Theory under Zaremba; orchestration under Anton Rubinstein).

1869,Begins Romeo and Juliet fantasy-overture, on a scheme suggested by Balakirev.

1874,Composes Piano Concerto in B Flat .

1876,Begins correspondence with Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck.

1877,Begins Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, dedicated later to Mme. von Meck. Also begins opera Eugene Oniegin.

Marries but separates from Anotonina Ivanovna Milyukov. Mme. von Meck settles on him an annuity of 6,000 roubles.

1879,Eugenen Oniegin performed in Moscow (March 29).

1887,Makes his first appearance as concert conductor, at St. Petersburg, in a program of his own works.

1888,Makes a highly successful international concert tour as conductor, meeting at Leipzig
: Finishes his Fifth Symphony, in E Minor.

1890,Rupture with Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck.

1893,Returns to his country house at Klin in January, and begins Symphony No.6, the "Pathetic." Goes to England in June to receive an honorary degree from Cambridge University, together with Boito, Bruch, Saint-Saens and Grieg.Sixth Symphony performed under his direction at the St. Petersburg on Oct. 28, without marked success. Tchaikovsky develops cholera and dies in St. Petersburg.

Main Works:

Operas

Opus	Title	Dates Composed
3	The Voyevode	1867-68
-	Undine	1869
-	The Oprichnik	1870-72
24	Vakula the Smith	1874, 1875
24	Eugenen Onegin	1877-78
-	The Maid of Orleans	1878-79, 1882
-	Mazeppa	1881-83
-	Tcherevichky Oxana's Caprices	1885
68	Queen of Spades	1890
69	Iolanthe	1891

Ballets

Opus	Title	Dates Composed
20	Swan Lake	1875-76
66	The Sleeping Beauty	1875-76
-	The Nutcracker	1891-92
-	Dmitri the Pretender introduction to Act 1 and Mazurka	before 1870
12	Snow Maiden	1873
-	Melodrama for the domovoy scene in The Voyevode	1886
67b	Hamlet	1891

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