Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. As a composer, he was very nearly the last great representative of Russian late Romanticism in classical music. His reputation as a composer came on later in life. Rachmaninoff's skill as a pianist was well known and highly respected. He was one of the greatest pianists of his time, having legendary technical facilities and rhythmic drive, and his large hands were able to cover a thirteenth interval on the piano. Rachmaninoff went through periods of extreme mental depression and also had to suffer the strain of leaving his own native country in which he immigrated to America at the height of his fame, due to the Russian Revolution of 1917. His life was one of comparative stability in the history of Russian and American music. In him, there were none of the emotional complexities of Tchaikovsky, yet there were contradictions of his personality. Audiences who observed him for the first time were amazed to see that such a cool outward appearance could conceal the warmth of feeling in his piano playing. It was only in his music, both as a pianist and composer, that he was able to release his inner emotions. It was with this inner passion that Rachmaninoff was able to create an abundant amount of imaginative and innovative music.
Since Rachmaninoff's style was pretty much Russian, his music shows the influence of the idol of his youth, Tchaikovsky. He met Tchaikovsky in Moscow who became an important mentor and commissioned the teenage Rachmaninoff to arrange a piano transcription of the suite of his ballet "The Sleeping Beauty". Stravinsky and Rachmaninoff were two composers with relatively similar backgrounds. They both came from musical families. Both their families were considered to be in the upper ranking of the Tsar's Russia. They both trained with the best composers/teachers and their music drastically diverged from one another.
Peter Tchaikovsky was born on May 7 1840 in Votkinsk, Russia. ... Tchaikovsky was its first composition student. ... Tchaikovsky graduated two years later and was still hurt by Anton's harshness. ... Tchaikovsky's success was depending on the outcome of his piano concerto. ... Tchaikovsky composed his first opera in 1867 it was called Voyevoda. ...
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born May 7, 1840 in Votkinsk, Russia. ... When Tchaikovsky was ten, his mother took him to St. ... Tchaikovsky began writing music while in school. ... Tchaikovsky died in October of 1893. ... The Nutcracker is one of Tchaikovsky's most famous works. ...
However, I already knew Tchaikovsky before doing this assignment. ... Some of the users suggested that Mozart's style was weak compared to Tchaikovsky's style. ... It is remarkable the fact that Tchaikovsky was Russian. ... Along all the sections, Tchaikovsky expresses the oppression of the Serbs by the Turkish and the Russian march to help their fellows. ... In addition I would also like to stand out the mastery of Tchaikovsky when his inclusion of two folk Serbian songs endowed the piece with a real Slave plea of mercy. ...
Tchaikovsky's 6th and final symphony was, for me, a random choice when picking out a piece of music to study. ... I knew nothing of Tchaikovsky other than that, so it was sure to be something new to me. ... Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer born in 1840 and died in 1893 (5 Wiki). ... She loved Tchaikovsky's music and supported him financially for a number of years. ... To many, it was Tchaikovsky putting all his life's emotion into one piece. ...
While returning to Klin from Warsaw a new scheme for a symphony came to Tchaikovsky. ... This idea or plan of the program for the symphony was Tchaikovsky's original idea. ... With Tchaikovsky's death coming nine days later after the premiere of the symphony in St. ... Then Tchaikovsky left the room and Modest shouted the word "pathetic- to his brother. ... Yurgenson, Tchaikovsky's publisher at the time, wrote a letter to which is preserved in the archive at Klin which shows that Tchaikovsky had thought of the name Pathetique at least a month in advance. ...
In this essay I would like to examine what effect these two issues had on two pieces of music by Tchaikovsky. ... Although all of those aspects were positive influences upon Tchaikovsky's life; the crisis lay in a sudden and very ill-considered marriage. ... Tchaikovsky made it plain that he did not love her; all he could offer was friendship and solicitude. ... The temptation to read a program into Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony is as old as the work itself. Since Nadezhda von Meck allowed Tchaikovsky to dedicate the symphony to her (without mentioning her name), and was contributin...
Peter Tchaikovsky is a name recognized by many and can easily be associated with many classical masterpieces. But Tchaikovsky to suffered from being bipolar and did at one time attempt suicide. ... But it is that cycle that caused Tchaikovsky to create so many inspiring and creative musical masterpieces. Bipolar disorder may have affected so many people throughout the years but it's because of this psychological disorder that we know such great individuals such as Poe, Van Gogh, and Tchaikovsky and their most beautiful and masterful works that have inspired and influenced so many gen...
Swan Lake Swan Lake is a ballet that consist of four acts. It is based from a German fairy tale. It contains music from Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The first performance of Swan Lake was in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theater. It was held on May 4, 1877. The choreographer was Julius Reisinger. It was n...
He uses two universally known figures, Picasso and Tchaikovsky to help with his use of imagery and to show the feeling of injustice. ... The image of Tchaikovsky playing the piano works well as the poet looks at the contrast between the white keys and the black keys and implies they work together in harmony to produce a complete and beautiful sound. He uses these different images to compare to himself as he is making the point that he is no different to Picasso's paintings, the sky and the keys on Tchaikovsky's piano as his different cultures compliment each other and produce a whole...
