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	Tchaikovsky
		As a youth Tchaikovsky faced the hardship of losing his mother at age 14 and was forced to deal with the cold atmosphere of a military boarding school.
		Tchaikovsky's music was marked by a sensuously rhythmic pulse, and an innate melodic ability that enabled him to create some of the world's greatest ballet music.
		Tchaikovsky's inner conflicts perhaps give a clue to his music for he openly adored the style and grace of Mozart, yet gravitated to the revolutionary innovations of Liszt and the Romantics.
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	AllRefer.com - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Tchaikovsky wrote 11 operas, four concertos, six symphonies, a great number of songs and short piano pieces, three ballets, three string quartets, suites and symphonic poems, and numerous other works.
		In 1877 Tchaikovsky made a disastrous marriage in order to defeat the torment of his homosexuality and to deny the spreading rumors of it.
		Tchaikovsky was opposed to the aims of the Russian nationalist composers and used Western European forms and idioms, although his work instinctively reflects the Russian temperament.
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	Encyclopedia: Peter Tchaikovsky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский, sometimes transliterated as Piotr, Anglicised as Peter Ilich), (May 7, 1840 –; November 6, 1893 (N.S. April 25, 1840 –; October 25, 1893 (O.S.)) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era.
		Tchaikovsky was interred in Tikhvin Cemetery at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in Saint Petersburg.
		Tchaikovsky's first ballet, it was first performed (with some omissions) at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow in 1877.
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	TEMPLE OF PETER TCHAIKOVSKY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Tchaikovsky was born in Votkinsk, in the western Ural area of the country.
		Although Tchaikovsky's other sources of income were by then adequate to sustain him, he was wounded by the sudden defection of his patron without apparent cause, and he never forgave her.
		Tchaikovsky also extended the range of the symphonic poem, and his works in this genre, including Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet, are notable for their richly melodic evocation of the moods of the literary works on which they are based.
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	ipedia.com: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Tchaikovsky married a woman called Antonina Milyukova, who had written to him declaring her love, on 18 July 1877.
		It is possible that Nadezhda was planning to marry off one her daughters to Tchaikovsky, as she had previously tried unsuccessfully to marry one of them to Debussy, who had lived in Russia for a time and was teacher to her family.
		Tchaikovsky was interred in Tikhvin Cemetery at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, St Petersburg.
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	Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - an overview of the classical composer
		Peter (or Pyotr) Ilyich Tchaikovsky is a composer whose music has made an indellible impression on the world, yet many things seemed to be stacked against him.
		Although Tchaikovsky's music is now universally admired across the world, he wasn't always to receive a warm reception in his native Russia and a poor critical reception to his works understandably contributed to his periods of depression.
		For a while Tchaikovsky struck up a curious relationship with a woman called Nadezhda van Meck who became his benefactor, and her regular funding and letters of encouragement allowed him to compose without the constant worry of earning a living and he resigned from the Moscow Conservatory to concentrate on composition.
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	The Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Tchaikovsky was a musical genius, a national hero, and a known homosexual.
		Tchaikovsky is recognized as one of Russia's greatest composers.
		Tchaikovsky was decorated by the Tsar, toured the world, took part in the inaugural ceremonies at Carnegie Hall in New York City, and elected to the prestigious Academie Francaise in France.
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	•• Biography of Peter Illich Tchaikovsky - PianoParadise ••
		Peter Illich Tchaikovsky, or peter ilich tchaikovsky (Пётр Ильич Чайковский) was born in Votkisk, which is the western ural part of Russia.
		Tchaikovsky was very upset with her when she just so suddenly cut off his salary, although by that time, he had plenty of assets for his income.
		Peter Tchaikovsky died in Saint Petersburg, Russia and was interred in Tikhvin Cemetery at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is possible she was planning to marry off one of her daughters to Tchaikovsky, as she also tried unsuccessfully to marry one of them to (Click link for more info and facts about Claude Debussy) Claude Debussy, who had lived in Russia for a time as music teacher to her family.
		Tchaikovsky is perhaps most well known for his (A theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers) ballets, although it was only in his last years, with his two last ballets, that his contemporaries came to really appreciate his qualities as ballet music composer.
		Tchaikovsky's first ballet, it was first performed (with some omissions) at the (Click link for more info and facts about Bolshoi Theatre) Bolshoi Theatre in (A city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation) Moscow in 1877.
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	Tchaikovsky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Tchaikovsky [also spelled Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky] was born at Votkinsk, in the government of Vyatka, Russia, May7, 1840.
		Tchaikovsky wrote the "Pathetique" Symphony and he died couple days after it was premiered.
		Tchaikovsky was highly sensitive, and had a reference for his mother.
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	Lesson Tutor: Classical Composer Biography: Peter Tchaikovsky
		For a man of Tchaikovsky's extreme sensitivity, and the fact that he was struggling with homosexuality, the union was disastrous.
		In this version, Tchaikovsky took arsenic on the instructions of a so-called ‘court of honour' composed of former classmates from the school of jurisprudence.
		Tchaikovsky's use of glorious ripe melodies and luscious harmonies creates a sense of yearning and romantic enchantment that has justly made this the most popular of all ballets.
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	Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The eminent Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky was born on May 7 (N.S.), 1840, in a settlement adjacent to the Kama-Votkinsk Metal Works (managed by his father) in the Ural Mountains.
		Tchaikovsky's fame, as both conductor and composer, spread as the result of a series of international tours, which brought him to the United States in 1891.
		Tchaikovsky's lyric gift owes much to Russian folk song, which he quotes (First Piano Concerto, Second and Fourth symphonies) or imitates (First Symphony, Second String Quartet), and to the 19th-century Russian salon song, whose traits permeate his vocal melody (songs and romances, Eugene Onegin) and even infuse his instrumental themes (Fifth and Sixth symphonies).
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	BBC - h2g2 - Peter Tchaikovsky - Composer - A689024
		Perhaps Tchaikovsky thought he could 'cure' himself of his homosexuality or perhaps he wanted the respectability of a wife as a front.
		Tchaikovsky died in 1893 at the age of 53.
		The other version of Tchaikovsky's death is that his homosexuality was discovered, with the threat of it being revealed to the authorities.
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	Piotr Tchaikovsky
		Originally intended for Nikolay Rubinstein, the head of Moscow Conservatory, who had much encouraged Tchaikovsky, it was dedicated to Hans von Bülow (who gave its premiere, in Boston) when Rubinstein rejected it as ilI-composed and unplayable (he later recanted and became a distinguished interpreter of it).
		Tchaikovsky, however, saw marriage as a possible solution to his sexual problems; and when contacted by a young woman who admired his music he offered (after first rejecting her) immediate marriage.
		It was a disaster: he escaped from her almost at once, in a state of nervous collapse, attempted suicide and went abroad.
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	Peter Tchaikovsky: biography
		Peter Tchaikovsky was a complex man, beginning a career in law to enter the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music.
		Peter Tchaikovsky is the famous Russian composer who created the Nutcracker Suite.
		In fact, Tchaikovsky was so intent that his music be his best that if he did not consider a piece perfect, he tore it up.
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	Peter Tchaikovsky Biography
		Peter Tchaikovsky was a very unique composer, but of course a very great one.
		Peter Tchaikovsky wrote the nutcracker suite, one of his most famous compositions that most people recognize him for.
		Tchaikovsky's creativity is apparent for orchestral and opera type works, and this was probably his main interest.
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	Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
		Tchaikovsky was a leading Russian composer of the late 19th century, whose works are notable for their melodic inspiration and their orchestration.
		Tchaikovsky's attempts to justify to himself her generous annuity caused him to overwork during the next few years.
		Tchaikovsky never forgave her, and the nature of the psychological wound it inflicted upon him can be judged by the fact that in the delirium of his last illness he repeated her name again and again in indignant tones.
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	Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
		Tchaikovsky is not only one of the corner stones of Russian musical culture and world music.
		Peter Tchaikovsky was born in Votinsk, in the district of Viatka, Russia on May 1, 1840.
		Tchaikovsky wrote: My overture had no success at all here, and was wholly ignoredDuring the whole evening no one spoke a word to me a word about it (Cross and Ewen, 1030).
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	ArtsAlive.ca - Music : Great Composers
		Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky was born in Russia in 1840.
		Peter entertained his friends on the piano by improvising the songs they were singing.
		Peter would conduct with the baton in one hand and hold tightly to his chin with the other hand.
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	Essentials of Music - Composers
		Tchaikovsky is best known for his ballets and symphonies.
		In many ways, Tchaikovsky's life and career placed him uncomfortably between different worlds, and this conflict was a central aspect of his creative life.
		Tchaikovsky's musical training at the newly founded St. Petersburg conservatory was likewise influenced by European ideals.
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	Peter Tchaikovsky
		Kashkin, in his reminiscences of Tchaikovsky, tells us that the latter knew very little chamber music in his early years and that the sound of the string quartet was absolutely distasteful to him.
		Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio in A minor was played in Vienna for the first time; the faces of the listeners almost expressed the wish that it should be also the last time It belongs to the category of suicidal compositions, which kill themselves by their merciless length.
		The A minor Piano Trio was written as a memorial tribute to Nicholas Rubenstein, Director of the Moscow Conservatory, (brother of the pianist and composer Anton Rubenstein).
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	Peter Tchaikovsky - Mel Bay Profile
		Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Russia in 1840.
		Tchaikovsky's first public appearance as a conductor came in 1887 when he gave a concert of his own works at St. Petersburg.
		Tchaikovsky composed many songs, some operas, ballet music, various types of orchestral works, and chamber music; but most agree that his fame stems from his symphonies.
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	Peter Tchaikovsky Discography & Biography, Peter Tchaikovsky Albums & CDs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Peter Tchaikovsky has composed some of the most popular themes in music.
		Through 1877 Tchaikovsky composed two more symphonies and operas, The Oprichnik and Vakula the Smith, as well as the ballet Swan Lake, three string quartets, the Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, the Rococo Variations for Cello and Orchestra.
		Tchaikovsky developed cholera five days after the premiere of "Pathétique" and died five days later on Nov 6, 1893.
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	Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
		Even when Peter started the piano at the age of seven, through until he was nineteen, he never showed any signs of musical talent.
		For twelve years Tchaikovsky held the position, and even wrote a book on harmony to prove he was a true professor of music.
		The people of America, and soon all of Europe saw Tchaikovsky as a very talented composer, as they went back to seek what other works of his were stunning to the ear.
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