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Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky  (Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайковский, Russian pronunciation: [ˈpʲɵtr ɪlʲˈjit͡ɕ  ˌt͡ɕɪjˈkofskʲɪj] listen (help·info)) (May 7 [O.S. April 25] 1840 – November 6 [O.S. October 25] 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. While not part of the nationalistic music group known as "The Five", Tchaikovsky wrote music which was istinctly Russian: plangent, introspective, with modally-inflected melody and harmony.

Trivia about tchaikovsky

  • You can dance with this composer
  • Shortly before his death, this "Nutcracker" composer received an hon. doctorate from Cambridge Univ.
  • In 1891 this Russian composer conducted his own "Marche Solennelle" opening week at Carnegie Hall
  • The "Pathetic" Symphony is by this Russian who also gave us the celebratory "1812 Overture"
  • His "1812 Overture" premiered in Moscow in 1882--not 1812
  • "Roll Over Beethoven and tell" this Russian composer "the news"
  • Nadezhda von Meck gave him 6,000 rubles a year to devote himself to composing, but suddenly cut him off in 1890
  • Britannica says the high point of classical ballet under the czars came with 19th C. ballets from this composer
  • We think this "Nutcracker" composer took his time on his 2nd symphony, though it turned out a "Little Russian"
  • This composer of the enchanting ballet "Swan Lake" wrote an opera called "The Enchantress"
  • This composer of "The Nutcracker" said, "The music of a ballet is not invariably bad"
  • His 6th Symphony, not "Swan Lake", was his swan song
  • This Russian composer's middle name was Ilyich
  • Ballet music was thought an inferior genre when he was commissioned to write the music for "Swan Lake"
  • It's this Russian composer's Piano Concerto No. 1 you're listening to here
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Dance Theatre of Harlem.) A fouetté is a pirouette that lets the dancer regain momentum after each spin; the Black Swan does 32 in a row in a ballet by this composer
  • This Russian collaborated on "Swan Lake" with choreographer Marius Petipa
  • It's said the pathetic life of this Russian composer is the real subject of his "Pathetique" symphony
  • Tchekalinsky, Tomsky & Prince Yeletsky are roles in "The Queen of Spades" by this composeretsky
  • This Russian composer gave his fans the bird with the music heard here
  • This composer of symphonies, operas & ballets studied to be a lawyer in St. Petersburg
  • Russian "Eugene Onegin" composer whose brother Modest wrote the libretto for his last opera, "Iolanta"
  • Igor Stravinsky's father, Fyodor, sang in the opera "Maid of Orleans" by this "Choleric" composer
  • A card-playing countess ends up as a ghost in this "Nutcracker" composer's opera "The Queen of Spades"
  • This composer also known for ballets composed a merry waltz for his opera "Eugene Onegin"
  • On seeing "The Sleeping Beauty", Alexander III's only comment to this composer was "Very nice"
  • In 1990, on this composer's 150th birthday, Itzhak Perlman was fiddling away in Russia in his honor
  • He was among the first students when the St. Petersburg Conservatory opened in 1862
  • Richard Chamberlain played him in "The Music Lovers", which featured his piano concerto No. 1, heard here
  • No nuts to crack, but "Andantino" has music by this composer
  • Autumn 1893:This composer's death in St. Petersburg leaves rumors of suicide

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