Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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This composer was miffed when Alexander III's only comment on his 1890 "Sleeping Beauty" ballet was "very nice" Tchaikovsky $1,200 DJ RUSSIAN COMPOSERS 2025-12-09 #9452
When he conducted, this "Swan Lake" composer held his chin with one hand because he feared that his head might fall off Tchaikovsky $500 J CLASSICAL COMPOSERS 2024-01-23 #26
"Swan Lake";"The Sleeping Beauty";"1812 Overture";"The Nutcracker" Tchaikovsky $200 DJ COMPOSER PLAYLISTS 2023-11-01 #19
"The Music Lovers": Richard Chamberlain as this Russian Tchaikovsky $1,600 DJ FILM COMPOSERS 2020-01-08 #8133
This Russian is the other composer mentioned in "Roll Over Beethoven" Tchaikovsky $800 DJ COMPOSERS 2018-07-17 #7807
Here's a favorite by this composer Tchaikovsky $1,600 DJ COMPOSERS 2017-05-10 #7528
There are sore toes after performances of this Russian's "Sleeping Beauty" ballet; it's nearly 3 hours long Tchaikovsky $400 DJ COMPOSERS & THEIR MUSIC 2016-11-18 #7405
In 1893 this "Symphonie pathetique" man began decomposing in St. Petersburg Tchaikovsky $1,600 DJ DECOMPOSING COMPOSERS 2016-06-15 #7323
The wealthy Nadezhda von Meck gave this "Swan Lake" composer 6,000 rubles a year but refused to ever meet him Tchaikovsky $400 DJ COMPOSERS 2014-04-17 #6819
(Gilles Apap delivers the clue.) This Russian gave us a classic concerto Tchaikovsky $1,600 DJ NAME THE COMPOSER 2013-02-15 #6545
For his 1869 "Romeo and Juliet" overture, this Russian adapted the sonata form to mirror the play's structure Tchaikovsky $400 DJ COMPOSERS 2012-11-07 #6473
We think this "Nutcracker" composer took his time on his 2nd symphony, though it turned out a "Little Russian" Tchaikovsky $400 DJ COMPOSERS 2008-07-11 #5505
The first movement of his 1868 first symphony is subtitled "Dreams of a Winter Journey" Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky FJ CLASSICAL COMPOSERS 2004-04-23 #4530
His "1812 Overture" premiered in Moscow in 1882--not 1812 Tchaikovsky $300 J CLASSICAL COMPOSERS 1999-10-20 #3478
He composed the happy music of "The Nutcracker" while working on his anguished "Pathetique" symphony Tchaikovsky $400 DJ COMPOSERS 1995-11-01 #2568
Russian "Eugene Onegin" composer whose brother Modest wrote the libretto for his last opera, "Iolanta" Tchaikovsky $1,000 DJ COMPOSERS 1995-07-04 #2512
In "The Nutcracker", he parodied his contemporaries' use of exotic melodies Tchaikovsky $200 DJ ROMANTIC ERA COMPOSERS 1995-06-23 #2505
He attended the 1st Bayreuth Fest. & wrote about it for a Russian paper in 1876, the year he wrote "Swan Lake" Tchaikovsky $400 DJ COMPOSERS 1994-09-26 #2311
Purcell wrote "The Fairy Queen" & he wrote the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" Tchaikovsky $400 DJ COMPOSERS 1994-01-28 #2170
This Russian ballet composer was deeply hurt when his patron Madame von Meck cut him off in 1890 Tchaikovsky $800 DJ COMPOSERS 1994-01-14 #2160
Shortly before his death, this "Nutcracker" composer received an hon. doctorate from Cambridge Univ. Tchaikovsky $200 DJ COMPOSERS 1993-05-21 #2020
He wrote his last symphony, the "Pathetique", in the town of Klin, not far from Moscow Tchaikovsky $1,000 DJ COMPOSERS 1993-02-16 #1952
This "Eugene Onegin" composer's brother Modest was an opera librettist Tchaikovsky $1,000 DJ COMPOSERS 1992-09-14 #1841
Nadejda von Meck subsidized this Russian composer for 14 years on the condition they never meet Tchaikovsky $1,000 DJ COMPOSERS 1992-01-03 #1695
He died about a week after the premiere of his "Pathetique" symphony in St. Petersburg Tchaikovsky DD $2,000 DJ COMPOSERS 1991-06-17 #1581
A master composer of ballets, he was the leading Russian composer of the late 19th century Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky $400 DJ COMPOSERS 1990-03-30 #1295
It was rumored that he committed suicide over the failure of his last symphony, the "Pathetique" Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ("6th Symphony") DD $1,200 DJ COMPOSERS 1990-03-05 #1276
He composed the "1812 Overture" to commemorate Napoleon's defeat in Russia Tchaikovsky $200 DJ COMPOSERS 1988-09-13 #922
Composer offollowing, it's now believed he poisoned himself in 1893 to avoid a sex scandal: Tchaikovsky DD $400 DJ RUSSIAN COMPOSERS 1988-05-05 #859
Though addicted to playing cards, he still had time to compose such works as "Marche Slave" Tchaikovsky $800 DJ COMPOSERS 1988-04-18 #846
It's said the pathetic life of this Russian composer is the real subject of his "Pathetique" symphony Tchaikovsky $800 DJ CLASSICAL COMPOSERS 1988-01-25 #786
His 6th Symphony, not "Swan Lake", was his swan song Tchaikovsky $600 DJ COMPOSERS 1986-02-04 #367
Composer offollowingfamous Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor:[Instrumental music plays] Tchaikovsky DD $200 DJ COMPOSERS 1985-11-01 #300
Melancholy Russian whose patron of 14 yrs. required they never meet Tchaikovsky $1,000 DJ COMPOSERS 1985-01-04 #85
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