Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer most famous for his symphonies, the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker, and the operas Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades. A composer of innovative and uniquely Russian music with a high sense of melody, Tchaikovsky's work remains among the most popular of any of the great composers.
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7 May 1840Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is born in Kamsko-Votkinsk in Russia.
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1850 - 1893Life of the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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1869The symphonic poem Romeo and Juliet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is first performed.
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1874Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 is first performed.
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1876The symphonic poem Francesca da Rimini by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is first performed.
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1877The ballet Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is first performed.
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Jul 1877The composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky marries Antonina Ivanovna Milyukova.
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1878Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto is first performed.
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1879The opera Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is first performed.
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1880The 1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is first performed.
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1885The Manfred Symphony orchestral work by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is first performed.
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1890The ballet The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is first performed.
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1890The opera The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is first performed.
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1892The ballet The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is first performed.
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28 Oct 1893Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky dies in St. Petersburg.
