Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

In the Swiss town of Clarens, near Montreux, in march 1878.

He decided on pursuing a career in music when he was twenty-three.

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Tchaikovsky died shortly after the premiere of his 6th Symphony.

1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker, Op.71: No. 12b Character Dances: Coffee (Arabian Dance)

Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky are all composers of the late 19th century. They were breaking free from the common constraints of Romantic Music, and paving the way for changes that would herald the twentieth century, with more freedom of expression and harmonies.

Both are large-scale orchestral pieces by romantic slavic composers. They are similar, but not very.

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The marriage took place in Moscow on 18 July 1877.

The Symphony Pathétique was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Its full name is Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74.

Tchaikovsky wrote six symphonies, and some musicologists consider his "Manfred" to be a symphony, but most see it as a symphonic poem. Tchaikovsky died ten days after the premier of his last symphony, #6 in B minor. Fragments of other started and abandoned works were cobbled into another "symphony" many years later, but it is only Tchaikovsky's actual writing here and there, and got a poor critical reception - it is mostly forgotten today.

Tchaikovsky is most famous for: The Nutcracker Swan Lake Sleeping Beauty

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Really, it depends on what you're thinking of. Instrumentation, you're looking at a full symphony orchestra, with harp, etc. If you're thinking about the fireworks etc, it really depends on what the conductor and choreographer wants at the time. I've seen a performance of it in the Royal Albert Hall (London) where they had the Royal Welsh Guard standing in the gods with rifles. There was also lighting effects, smoke machines and coloured explosives. But I also saw a performance when I was away, where they only had bangs, no particular effects.

He had financial support of 6,000 rubles ayear.

He died on November 6, 1893, at the age of 54 in St.Petersburg.

In 1812 Napoleon's armies were penetrating deep into Russia with his army of 600,000, that he got using the "levee en masse". Basically a draft for all able bodied men to join the army. The Russians knew that they could not win, so they used the "scorched earth" method, where they retreated and burned all food supplies along the way. This made the French army lose moral. The Russians got to Moscow, but the Tzar did not want them to burn any further. They were far enough so the French supply lines could not get to the French, so there was a battle and they tied. The Russians burned Moscow and retreated. The French stayed where they were, for too long, ran out of supply and begged the Tzar, but he did not listen. They French finally went back to France, but less than 100,000 remained. This lead to the downfall of Napoleon. Now that I have summarized a chapter out of my history text book, I will answer your question. He was commissioned to write a song about this event. This explains why you hear part of the French National Anthem in the Overture.

Clara Stahlbaum, Clara Silverhaus, or Marie (the name differs by production).

Hehe probably not, maybe when he was young. He probably was too busy composing and getting dragged around to people so they could meet him, he was so admired.

Fyodor Dostoevsky was buried in the Tikhvin Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia. On his tombstone are the words taken from John 12:24: "Verily, Verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." Dostoevsky uses these same words in the epigraph of his novel, The Brothers Karamazov.

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It's music for a ballet.

Tchaikovsky wrote several ballets, but the one performed around Christmas is "The Nutcracker."

Tchaikovsky, usually referred to by his last name only, was a famous Russian music composer of the 19th century. Wikipedia has an extensive article about him.