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Tchaikovsky

Many people today insist that the late 1800's and the nineteenth century music is currently dead, but is it really? Peter Tchaikovsky was an inspirational composer that kept his music alive as a publication. As a random person, I witness hearing many pieces of Tchaikovksy's work whether it's in band or other classes. His music was from way back in the historical period during all those wars. It can be considered classical as well, but it definitely originated during the historic times. It may be rough to relate context from the historic times to today, 2003, but it can be done. We are going to take a closer look at how context influenced Peter Tchaikovsky and what inspirations were brought about in terms of context.
This Russian composer (Tchaikovsky) was born on May 7, 1840 and died on November 6, 1893. He is best known for his ballets and symphonies. Tchaikovsky's life and career placed him pretty much between two different worlds, and this conflict was a creative one. He originated from Russia, let alone Russia had its own history of cultural context with the West. He was known to be a very creative compositional writer by the age of 14 (Biography). It wasn't until 1862 when Tchaikovsky enrolled in the St. Petersburg Conservatory to devote his life entirely to music. He found a great amount of success when he wrote his first couple symphonies. However, he did go through quite a dramatic phase in his life. There were rumors going around that he was a homosexual, so to quiet those rumors he married a 28 year old ex-student. His marriage ended up leading him to suicide and flee from his wife. He didn't get as much time to write music and compose them as the other composers did because he died so early. This Russian composer though was the creator of the magical sounds of "The Nutcracker" (Tchaikovsky). His love for music was so deep and even people realized that and treasured the context of his musical career and it's still around today....

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