Слайд 1 PYOTR ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky is one
of the most celebrated composers of all time. He wrote
music ultimately deeply Russian. Stravinsky said that his “music is quite as Russian as Pushkin’s verse or Glinka’s song.”
Слайд 2Peter wrote his music during a time known as the
Romanic period. He used his great imagination create beautiful music
that was sometimes very happy and sometimes very sad.
Слайд 3Peter Tchaikovsky first became interested in music when he was
four or five years old. One day Peter’s father brought
home a large machine that played music called an orchestrion. One piece of music it played was a tune from Mozart. Peter loved Mozart’s music.
Слайд 4VOTKINSK
While Peter was growing up, he was very sensitive. Things
that wouldn’t bother most children seemed like the worst things
in the world to Peter.
Peter had feelings about things that most people didn’t even think. He was able put those feelings into his music.
Слайд 5P.I. Tchaikovsky was born on May, 7 1840 in Votkinsk,
Vyatka. He was the second of six children. His father
was a successful engineer. Pyotr began playing the piano at the age of 5, he also enjoyed his mother’s playing and singing. As a boy he loved music, but he didn’t think of giving his life to it.
Слайд 6A lawyer
Peter played the piano and flute pretty well. Music
was really a hobby than a career. Peter’s parents had
planned on him to become a lawyer. When he was 10 years old he began his education in law. When Peter was 21 he graduated from law school and took a job in a government office.
Слайд 7 CAREER
But at the age of 21 Pyotr decided, that
music was much more interesting and he entered the Conservatory
in St. Petersburg. Five years later Tchaikovsky was made a professor in Moscow Conservatory.
Слайд 8Brothers Rubenstein
At the time Peter was growing up in Russia
hardly anyone made a living by writing music. Fortunately things
began to change. Anton and Nikolai Rubinstein opened a music school in St. Petersburg so Peter quit his job and studied music at the new school.
Слайд 9 The fallen head
It wasn’t long before Tchaikovsky did very
well with his music. Once he was asked to conduct
one of his pieces for an audience. Peter was so nervous, he imagined his head might fall off and held tightly to his beard through the entire performance.
Слайд 10By the time Peter was thirty-seven years old, he had
written several operas and symphonies, a ballet and many of
other musical pieces. Some of his music was well liked, some was not.
Слайд 11Private Life
Peter was not making much money, but an amazing
thing happened. A rich widow, Madam Nadezhda von Meck, loved
Tchaikovsky’s music and offered to financially support Peter on condition that they never meet face to face. Peter accepted the help and the two became friends through their hand written letters.
MUSIC
At that time Tchaikovsky wrote his first ballet “The Swan Lake” and opera “Eugene Onegin”.
CHILDREN’S ALBUM
P.I. Tchaikovsky wrote a lot of plays for children.
Music
In 1883-1893 Pyotr Ilich wrote his best symphonies №5 and №6, ballets “The Sleeping Beauty” and “The Nutcracker”.
Слайд 15Now Tchaikovsky was able to travel giving concerts and gathering
ideas for new music. On a trip to Paris, France,
Peter heard a newly invented instrument call a celesta. It looked like a small piano and made a bell-like sound. Peter thought it would be a perfect instrument to add to his new Nutcracker Suite. Peter had a celesta secretly smuggled out of Paris.
Слайд 16 THE SEASONS
The seasons is a set of twelve short
character pieces for solo piano composed by P.I. Tchaikovsky in
1875. Each piece is the characteristic of a different month of the year.
Слайд 17One of Peter’s talents was discovering new instruments and using
unusual new combinations of instruments to get beautiful and exciting
sounds into his music. In one of his most famous pieces, «The 1812» Overture, Peter even used church bells and real cannons to get just the right sound.
Слайд 18Peter Tchaikovsky became famous all over the world for his
beautiful music. Though he never found a person to fall
in love with, he did find happiness composing music about love.
GREAT COMPOSER
His compositions are so popular now that it is hard to believe that at first they were not popular at all.
Tchaikovsky was only 53 when he died. But he lived long enough to know that his music was being played far and wide over the world.