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May 7, 1840 - November 6, 1893
Romantic Period
Piotr (or Peter, as we would say in English)
Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in Votkinsk, a town in Russia's Ural
Mountains. When he was 8 years old, his family moved to the capital
city of St. Petersburg. Even though Tchaikovsky was a good musician as a
kid, that wasn't considered an "acceptable" profession, so his parents
made him study law instead.
Romantic Period
But even in law school, Tchaikovsky continued to study music. Eventually, he gave up his legal job and went to the St. Petersburg Conservatory. After he graduated, he moved to Moscow to teach at the new conservatory there. It's now named for him.
For years, Tchaikovsky had a patroness named Nadezhda von Meck -- a wealthy widow who was a big fan of Tchaikovsky's music. She regularly sent him money so that he could concentrate on composing without having to worry about making a living. But Nadezhda von Meck didn't want to meet Tchaikovsky. For 14 years, they only communicated by writing letters to each other. Tchaikovsky dedicated his Fourth Symphony to his patroness.
Tchaikovsky traveled all over Europe for performances of his music. In 1891, he even came to America for the opening of Carnegie Hall, where he was invited to conduct his music.
Piano Concerto # 1
Violin Concerto in D major 1st movement, Joshua Bell
Four Seasons, June. S.Richter
The Seasons.October.Lev Oborin
Swan Lake
Children's Album
An interesting documentary about the life story of Sergei Rachmaninoff through the use of home movies, concert footage, and interviews. Valery Gergiev as narrator and John Gielgud voices Rachmaninoff's diaries, directed by Tony Palmer.
Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov (Russian: Гео́ргий Васи́льевич Свири́дов; his patronymic is also transliterated Vasil'yevich, Vasilievich, and Vasil'evich) (December 16, 1915 – January 5, 1998) was a Soviet neoromantic composer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Sviridov
TO LISTEN:
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