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=Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky= ==== = Peter Tchaikovsky was born in the spring of 1840. Peter Tchaikovsky taught at a school named Fredon every Christmas. He composed "The Nutcracker Ballet". Peter Tchaikovsky was a renowned Russian composer who lived from the year of 1840 to 1893. His music included symphonies, operas, ballets, concertos, piano music, vocal music and chamber music. He was ranked into the musical hall of fame of MASTER composers. He was shy and had a difficult time finding happiness. = = = = He composed The Nutcracker and four other ballets. In his ballet of The Nutcracker's main character is a little girl on the night before Christmas. On Christmas morning she recieves many toys but her favorite is this nutcracker. That night she dreams of the nutcracker turning into a handsome prince rallies up all the toys to win in a mad fight against the mice. = = = = In May, 1891, he visited America, conducting four concerts in New York in connection with the dedication of Carnegie Hall. All of his compositions reflect the mark of his melodic freshness and origanility of harmonic treatment. In the year of 1859 he assigned a good job in the ministry of justice. = = = = In 1865 Peter Tchaikovsky recieved his diploma as a musician and won a prize for one of his compositions. A year after the Moscow conservatory opened, Tchaikovsky, then 26, was offered the position as professor of compostion. It was quite an accomplishment and this only four years after he turned his life towards music. Tchaikovsky's first ballet, Swan Lake, was written for the entertainment of his nieces and nephews, and it was performed at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow in 1877. = = = = In 1891, Tchaikovsky crossed the Atlantic Ocean to come to America. He had been invited to conduct the New York Symphony at the opening of the famous Carnegie Hall. In 1893 while people all over the world listened in wonder to the music of the Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky composed his last pieces, an opera and the Sixth Symphony. = = = = On November 6, 1893, Peter Tchaikovsky died suddenly of Chloera after drinking some unclear water. His greatest accomplishment was to reach out and touch the hearts and minds of his listeners and to move their souls with his great and beautiful sounds. = =//﻿//

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