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, on May 7th 1840.
- 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.
