Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a renowned Russian Romantic composer celebrated for works such as his ballets "Swan Lake," "The Nutcracker," and "Sleeping Beauty," as well as his symphonies and concertos.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic composer
Russian composer
composer
human
buriedIn Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Tikhvin Cemetery
causeOfDeath cholera (disputed)
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
dateOfBirth 1840-05-07
dateOfDeath 1893-11-06
educatedAt Saint Petersburg Conservatory
employer Moscow Conservatory
ethnicGroup Russian
familyName Tchaikovsky
fullName Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
genre ballet music
chamber music
choral music
opera
piano music
symphonic music
givenName Pyotr
hasSibling Modest Tchaikovsky
influenced Igor Stravinsky
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Rachmaninoff
influencedBy Ludwig van Beethoven
Mikhail Glinka
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
movement Romantic music
nativeName Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский
notableWork 1812 Overture, Op. 49
Eugene Onegin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Swan Lake
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"
The Nutcracker
The Queen of Spades
The Sleeping Beauty
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
occupation composer
conductor
music critic
patronymicName Ilyich
placeOfBirth Russian Empire
Votkinsk
Vyatka Governorate
placeOfDeath Russian Empire
Saint Petersburg
positionHeld professor of music theory
religion Russian Orthodox Church
sexOrGender male


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