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Peter Tchaikovsky
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- 1What are his dates?1840-1893
- 2Most famous _______ ________.Russian composer
- 3Began career as ___________ _____.government clerk
- 4Began studying _____ ______ at age __.music theory; 21
- 5Graduated from _________ ____________ __ _____.Moscow Conservatory of Music
- 6Hired as ________ __ ________.professor of harmony
- 7What year was rough of Tchaikovsky?1877
- 8Why was his marriage a disaster?He only got married to hide to fact that he was homosexual.
- 9Tried to ______ ________ two weeks after the wedding. A _______ _______ soon followed.commit suicide; nervous breakdown
- 10At the end of the year, he acquired a wealthy ___________: _________ ___ _____benefactress; Nadezdha von Meck
- 11Von Meck's grant allowed Tchaikovsky to do what?Leave the conservatory and devote himself to composition.
- 12__ years later she cut him off. What did do when she cut him off?14; Von Meck stopped the grant and stopped writing to him.
- 13How did Tchaikovsky achieve success by himself?He conducted his own works throughout Europe.
- 14In ____, __ days after conducting premiere of his _________ ____ (_________), he died at the age of __.1893; 9; Symphony No.6 ("Pathetique"); 53
- 15Thought of himself as what?"Russian in the fullest sense of the world."
- 16What was Tchaikovsky's style influenced by?French music, German music, Italitan music, and Russian folk songs.
- 17His music was almost _______ ____; everyone liked it. Very ___, _____, and ________.classical "pop"; fun, light, and likeable
- 18What are four of his famous compositions?Romeo and Juliet, the Nutcraker, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty.
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- 10th grade Music Flashcards on Peter Tchaikovsky, created by Alexis Medina on 16/02/2017.
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