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Tchaikovsky
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- 2. Born inKamsko Votkinsk Born on May 7, 1840 Died on November 6,1893 in St. Petersburg
- 3. Tchaikovsky wastaught by a governess and had learned to speak German and French by the age of 6 Tchaikovsky married Anotonina Miliukova but the marriage only lasted 9 weeks Tchaikovsky was extremely shy and had low self esteem - this effected his subsequent relationships and he often turned to alcohol
- 4. His causeof death is unknown but one of the theories was he committed suicide, rather than face the public after they found out he was a homosexual. When he wasn’t traveling, he lived alone. He felt that his music wasn’t any good and that the audience would never enjoy it. He was able to quit his job and compose full time after a wealthy widow left him money.
- 5. Tchaikovky’s mother diedwhen he was 14, this was his main reason for composing He held his head with his left hand while conducting, in fear of his head falling off
- 6. Tchaikovisky’s favorite composerswere Rossini Bellini,Verdi and Mozart The strongest emotions are probably in Symphony No. 6 (the ‘Pathetique’).This symphony was first heard only nine days before he died
- 7. Tchaikovskr wrotethree ballets The Swan Lake (1877) The Sleeping Beauty (1890) The Nutcracker (18932) His ballets altogether consisted of 2066 tracks
- 8. Premeired March4, 1877 at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow Balletmaster: Julius Reisinger Conductor: Stepan Ryabov http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ea90L91eZ
- 9. A youngwomen Odette is cursed and must live as a beautiful women by night and a swan by day The only way the curse can be broken is if she marries an prince She meets a prince and they fall in love, and the prince plans to propose to Odette, breaking her curse The prince is cursed and accidentally proposes to another women thinking it was Odette Both he and Odette end up killing themselves after the accidental proposal and become lovers in the afterlife
- 11. Premeired inSt. Petersburg on January 15, 1890 in the Imperial MariinskyTheater Ballet master: Marius Petipa Conductor: Ricarrdo Drigo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcYwFCNFEo8
- 12. A youngprincess, Aurora is cursed by an evil witch to fall into a long sleep on her 16th birthday A hundred years later, Prince Florimund finds Aurora asleep and kisses her The kiss wakes Aurora up from her ‘sleep’ and she and the prince fall in love and get married
- 14. Premiered in December18, 1892, at the in the Imperial MariinskyTheater in St. Petersburg Balletmaster Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov Conducted by Riccardo Drigo
- 15. Clara ayoung girl is given a toy nutcracker for Christmas She wakes up in the middle of the night and shrinks to the nutcrackers size The nutcracker wakes up and he and his army of toy soldiers battle the mouse kings army Clara and the nutcracker win, when Clara throws her slipper at the mouse king, killing him
- 16. Music isunique by being very light and a simple with an upbeat melody Songs by this composer have a basic pattern that is repeated multiple times http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM-D3jnhmbQ
- 17. Musical Analysisfor Nutcracker Ballet: Used a full orchestra and children's instruments such as a xylophone A story about children and there journey they explore with the Nutcracker
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- 21. The 1812 Overturehas nothing to do with theWar of 1812, it commemorates the defeat of Napoleon’s army in 1812 Tchaikovsky conducted the piece at Carnegie Hall in NewYork City, while visiting the U.S. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBqIltLWgD0
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- 25. JohnWilliams • Wrotemusic for E.T. Extraterrestrial,StarWars, Harry Potter, Jaws and many other famous movies Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev • Russian Composers of the twentieth century
Editor's Notes
- #12 Ballet master teaches everyone the dance moves and choreographs the whole ballet