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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian Пётр Ильич Чайковский, sometimes transliterated as Piotr, Anglicised as Peter Ilich, (April 25 [old style] / May 7 [new style], 1840 - November 6, 1893) was a Russian composer. His works include six symphonies, the "1812 Overture", the operas Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades and the ballets Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake debuted on March 4, 1877.

He was born in Kamsko-Votinsk, Russia.

Selected works

Opus 11 String Quartet No.1 in D major

Opus 20 Swan Lake, ballet

Opus 23 Piano Concerto No.1 in Bb major

Opus 35 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major

Opus 36 Symphony No.4 in F minor

Opus 37a The Seasons

Opus 48 Serenade for Strings in C major

Opus 49 1812 Overture in Eb major

Opus 58 Manfred Symphony in B minor

Opus 59 Dumka

Opus 64 Symphony No.5 in E minor

Opus 66 Sleeping Beauty, ballet

Opus 67 Hamlet Overture

Opus 71a Nutcracker Suite
Opus 74 Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique

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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