| Nationality: | Russian |
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Date & Place of Birth: |
May 7, 1840 — Viatka |
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Date & Place of Death: |
Nov. 6, 1893 — St. Petersburg |
| Near Family: | Father was a mining inspector; Wife: Antonina Milyvkova (m. July 18, 1877) |
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Main Place of Residence: |
Toured a great deal; lived mostly in St. Petersburg and Moscow. |
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Vocation (including composition): |
Professor of harmony and conducting and - after 1878 - entirely composition. |
| Major Work(s): | Ballets Swan Lake(1876), The Sleeping Beauty(1889) and The Nutcracker(1891); Pathetique symphony (1893), overture-fantasy Romeo and Juliet and the opera Eugene Onegin(1879, libretto by Pushkin) |
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Interesting Facts: |
Shortly after marrying, Tchaikovsky tried to commit suicide
by walking into a river with the intent of catching pneumonia.
That, however, proved unsuccessful, although in 1893 he did die
from water - by drinking a cup of it even after repeated warnings
about contamination from cholera. More to come. |
