William Shakespeare's plays have inspired many composers, especially in the Romantic era. Over 20 operas have been written based on ...

The truth about Tchaikovsky's secret has been long known to the world since his death. The fact that he was homosexual at a time and ...

For many of the Romantic era composers,  the writing of symphonies presented problems. Especially with the use of sonata form. The great ...

 The immense popularity of Tchaikovsky's piano concerto in B-flat minor has caused his other two concertos to be somewhat overlooked. Th...

Pyotr Tchaikovsky wrote very little chamber music, only eight pieces in all. An early string quartet and quintet for harp and string quartet...

When Pyotr Tchaikovsky got the idea to write his 5th Symphony in early 1888, he was full of self doubt, a frame of mind that recurred throug...

Pyotr Tchaikovsky conducted the premiere of his final symphony on October 28, 1893 in St. Petersburg. Nine days later he died, and the rumor...

When Tchaikovsky was made an honorary member of the Saint Petersburg Chamber Music Society in 1886 he promised to compose a chamber work ...

An artist is above all a human being, perhaps a human being to the nth degree. Tchaikovsky was such a human. His music can be passionate, ...

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840 -1893)   refused to write a piano trio for his benefactor Nadezhda von Meck , saying in a letter to her in 1880,...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) was a Russian composer most widely known for his orchestral music. He wrote Ballets, Operas and Sy...