The Touch of Tchaikovsky

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When you think of Russia you think of the cold, communism and a massive empty space on earth that we have no idea why God even put it there. Out of that land, however, came one of the greatest composers to ever live, Peter Tchaikovsky. We instantly place his wild name with the great ballet, The Nutcracker, but this is just a part of his magnificent legacy of music he produced. Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840 in Vokinsk, Russia. His childhood and teen years are not very well documented and, where he obtained his first musical knowledge is all but a mystery to us. All we know is that he aspired in school to be a lawyer, but Mozart had different plans for him. Reaching out from the grave and through the phonograph by means of his Don Giovani, Mozart captivated young Peter and this is what motivated him to devote his life solely to music. At the age of 23, he entered the Conservatory at St. Petersburg where he became the first Russian to receive systematic training in music fundamentals, which he completed in three years. Following his completion of the course, he began to teach h...

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