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 Childhood:

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's life began on April 28, 1840 in Votinsk, Russia. He was the second oldest of six children. Tchaikovsky's father was a mining engineer, his family was very wealthy with many servants and a French governess. When Peter was seven he took piano until he was nineteen but he never showed any signs of musical talent. When peter was eight years old, him and his family moved to St. Petersburg and his brother and sister were sent to a boarding school. He quit piano at nineteen because he knew what he wanted to be, he wanted to be, a musician. Although Peter's father wanted him to be a lawyer.



Early Adulthood:

When Peter was offered a new job he took it immediately although he didn't do the work, he would sit there and study theory or compose music. When a famous composer named Nicholas Rubinstein found that he needed talented composers to teach as professors he offered Tchaikovsky the job, but all the other composers thought he was to young to become a professor. In 1877, Peter Tchaikovsky got married to a girl he barely knew which was one of his piano students. She was also much younger than him. His marriage only lasted a few years they eventually seperated after that .Peter was never married after that so therefore he had no children. Tchaikovsky' expressive melodies and orchestrations made him an audience favorite beyond Russia, and his internationa l tours including an American tour in 1891.



Adulthood:

After Nicholas Rubinstein discovered Peter he wrote many well known songs. Such as, [|Swan Lake], A Dance of the Sugar Plum, Sleeping Beauty ,and The Nutcracker.Later in his life he became more famous and the region noticed him more and more. His music became very popular and he became the most famous Russian composer. When Tchaikovsky was 51, he left Russia to do a successful music tour in North America. Another reason he came to North America is because he wanted to see the Canadian Niagara Falls.



D eath:

He died on November sixth, 1893 at the age of 53 in St.Petersburgh ,Russia of cholera after dring some unclean water.Peter accomplished his goal of to touch the souls and minds of his listeners with his beautiful music.Tchaikovsky wrote254 ballets,songs,and operas before this tragic event. Peter is buried in a little town of Tikhivin Cemetery in St Petersburgh ,Russia. Many of Peter's friends family and listeners came to the funeral.


 *  Credits: We got our information from the books Ms.Edington gave us also :__http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/romantic/tchaikovsky/tchaikov.htm and http://www.tchaikovsky-research.net/en/Works/index.html also answers.com and ask.com__ ||