Nicole Kim

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky  Russian composer of Romantic era ( )  Symphonies, operas, ballets, instrumental and chamber music, songs  Ballets: The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake  Quintessential 19 th century Russian Romantic  “A modern music lord“  Admired by all strata of society

Biography: Childhood  Born on May 7, 1840 in Votkinsk in Viatka Province  Son of a successful engineer  Early interest in music  Death of mother, age 14

Biography: Introduction to Music  Attended law school in St. Petersburg  Took miserable job as clerk  Met Anton and Nikolai Rubinstein (brothers)  Second to Franz Liszt  Opened Russia's first conservatory  Sponsorship of the Imperial Russian Music Society  First composition student

Early Works  “Well made but not memorable”  Forced to support self through earnings from conservatory  Began to establish distinguished style  Communication between Tchaikovsky, Rubinsteins and “Mighty Five”  Ballet: Swan Lake (1876)

Failed Marriage  Social view on homosexuality  Married Antonina Miliukova in 1877  Became mentally ill and died in 1917  Rejected by Peter, criticized by brother  Within a few weeks he had fled Moscow

Nadezhda von Meck  Wealthy widow who served as financial and moral support  Exchanged over 1,000 letters ( )  Never met in person  Financial and health issues  Abrupt break  Dedicated Symphony n. 4

Later Life  Country retreat in Klin near Moscow  Died in Saint Petersburg on November 6, 1893  Illness? Suicide? Drugs and alcohol?

Crime and Punishment  Raw emotional expression  “They both force the reader to experience those feelings”

 The Nutcracker: Snowflakes  NiFc&feature=related NiFc&feature=related  The Nutcracker: Sugar Plum Fairy  RYo RYo  Sleeping Beauty  sU4mgkGtrs sU4mgkGtrs