Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Research Paper

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born May 7th 1840 in Vyatka, Russia. When he turned 5 years old Tchaikovsky started taking piano lessons. When he was 10 Tchaikovsky moved to a boarding school in St Petersburg. At only 14 years old Tchaikovsky's mother died for cholera. When he turned 21, Tchaikovsky started taking music lessons at the Russian Musical Society. A few lessons later he began teaching as well. He then moved to Moscow. Once he arrived in 1865 his music was played in public for the very first time. Tchaikovsky then married a young girl called Antonina Milyukova. The marriage was horrible. Tchaikovsky abandoned his wife a few weeks after the wedding. After a failed attempt of committing suicide he fled the city. Tchaikovsky later died in St. Petersburg on November 6th in

1893. The cause of his death is unknown but there are lots of rumours surrounding his death. Some say he may have even committed suicide. The most likely cause of death is thought to be cholera. This is also the disease his mum died from. Overall he composed
10 Opera's, 5 Orchestral pieces, 13 songs, 17 Chamber style music pieces, 8 symphonies, 3 Ballets, 23 Orchestral works, 13 Pieces for solo instruments, 4 Choir songs, 5 Pieces for plays, 4 Suites and finally 14 Piano tunes. That’s a total of 119 pieces of music. These many songs include the extremely famous The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, 1812 Overture and The Seasons.

Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert is thought to be the very first Romantic Period composer.

His music is very recognisable as of is harmonies. He was born January 31 1797 in Himmelpfortgrund, Austria. At a very young age he showed lots of musical talents. He plays piano, violin, organ and as an amazing singer. He joined a school to become part of the courts chapel choir. In 1812 his voice broke and his singing career was then over. As of this he went to his father’s school and became a teacher. He became head master for 4 years but continued to compose music. He eventually got sick of teaching and performed in pubic for the very first time. He played Italian Overtue in C Major in his family town. In 1821 money stared coming. Yet 1 year late his life changed again. This time not in a good way. He contracted a severe virus which is unknown. In 1928, the year of host death he hosted his first and last concert. Now he was extremely ill he moved in with his brother. He died later in November. It was only after he died that he was actually noticed for his musical talents.40 years later a memorial was made in his home town next to Beethoven’s body. Overall he composed 600 songs and 9 symphonies. In only 31

years.