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  2. Death of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Wikipedia

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    On 6 November 1893 [O.S. 25 October], [a 1] nine days after the premiere of his Sixth Symphony, the Pathétique, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in Saint Petersburg, at the age of 53. The official cause of death was reported to be cholera, most probably contracted through drinking contaminated water several days earlier. This explanation was ...

  3. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Wikipedia

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    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [n 1] (/ tʃ aɪ ˈ k ɒ f s k i / chy-KOF-skee; [2] 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) [n 2] was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally.

  4. Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky) - Wikipedia

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    This work was the Symphony in E ♭, the first movement of which Tchaikovsky later converted into the one-movement 3rd Piano Concerto (his final composition), and the latter two movements of which Sergei Taneyev reworked after Tchaikovsky's death as the Andante and Finale.

  5. Today in History for November 6th - AOL

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    Highlights of this day in history: Abraham Lincoln wins four-way race for President as American Civil War nears; March music 'king' John Phillip Sousa is born; Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky ...

  6. Theory of attempted suicide by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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    Unknown photographer. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1877. A number of researchers, based on the memoirs of Nikolai Kashkin, a professor at the Moscow Conservatory, suggest that in 1877, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky made a suicide attempt and attribute it to the composer's stay in Moscow between September 11 (September 23) and September 24 (October 6), 1877.

  7. Tchaikovsky State House-Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Tchaikovsky House-Museum was the country home in Klin, 85 kilometers northwest of Moscow where Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky lived from May 1892 until his death in 1893. His last major work, the 6th Symphony , was written there.

  8. Music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Wikipedia

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    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer especially known for three very popular ballets: Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. He also composed operas, symphonies, choral works, concertos, and various other classical works.

  9. Fatum (Tchaikovsky) - Wikipedia

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    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Fatum, or Фатум, meaning Fate, is a "symphonic fantasy" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, given the opus number 77 after his death but more representatively listed in the Tchaikovsky Handbook as TH41. It was written in 1868 and premiered the following year.