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Hey Kids, Meet Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Composer Biography
Hey Kids, Meet Tchaikovsky
Peter (Pyotr) Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Russian Romantic Era Composer
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in 1840 in present-day Udmurtia, Russia.
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His father was a Ukrainian mining engineer. Peter began piano lessons at the age of five, and within three years he could read music as well as his teacher.
In 1850, Peter's father was appointed as the Director of the St.
Petersburg Technological Institute. It was there that Peter received his education at the School of Jurisprudence. The only music instruction he received was piano lessons from a piano manufacturer who occasionally made visits to the school.
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He also attended the opera and theater with his classmates. It was the works of Rossini, Bellini, Verdi and Mozart that he enjoyed the most.
Peter's mother died in 1854, which brought him much sorrow. He responded by turning to music