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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

d. 1893

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1840
Birth

Russian composer (d. 1893)

May 7 →
1875
Event

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ minor, Op. 23 premieres in Boston, Massachusetts, with Benjamin Johnson Lang as conductor and Hans von Bülow as soloist.

October 25 →
1876
Event

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.

November 17 →
1877
Event

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet ''Swan Lake'' receives its première performance at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

March 4 →
1892
Event

Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

December 18 →
1893
Death

Russian composer (b. 1840)

November 6 →

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