Tchaikovsky's life

The Romantic Period of music: 1830-1910.

Tchaikovsky took the Russian folk tunes favoured by the Russian nationalist composer, but he did something else with them, infusing them with other influences from across Europe.

Tchaikovsky lead a tortured life, principally because of his homosexuality, and he died in mysterious circumstances. He himself said, 'Truly there would be reason to go madif it were not for music.'

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Date/period

Event(s)

1831 

1840


May 7, 1840


September 1844


1845

1850


1852


June 25, 1854

1854 - 1856

1856


1850–1859


May 1859


Autumn 1859

1861

1861

1861 - 1865


April 1863


September 1865


December 9, 1865


January 10, 1866


January 17, 1866


March 16, 1866


November, 1866

1867


Autumn 1869 


March 16, 1870

1870 - 1871

1872


May 1872


April 24 1874


February 1873


December, 1873

4 Apr 1874


November 1874 - 75


Summer, 1875


August, 1875

1876

1877


March 4, 1877


July 18, 1877

1978


January 1878

1880

1881


Early 1881


December, 1881

August 20 1882


1882–83

1884


October, 1886

1886


January, 1887


November, 1887


November, 1887

1888


April, 1888


December 1888


January 15, 1890


January, 1890


September 1890


1891


April 1891

1891

1891


May 5, 1891


Summer 1891


November 16, 1891

1892


1892


June 13, 1893


October, 1893


November 1, 1893


November 6, 1893

Comments

Faith Thompson

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Brilliant!! 

Pete Barnes: GR Director

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What can I say but WOW!! 

Fascinating read and so much detail :)