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'''Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky''' (1840-1893), often referred to as '''Peter Tchaikovsky''', [[Russian]] composer and pianist, is one of the most well-known - and considered to be one of the most “romantic” - of all classical composers – the archetype of the “tortured soul.”
'''Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky''' (1840-1893), often referred to as '''Peter Tchaikovsky''', [[Russia]]n composer and pianist, is one of the most well-known - and considered to be one of the most “romantic” - of all classical composers – the archetype of the “tortured soul.”
He began piano lessons at age five, and was said to show “remarkable gifts” though plagued by “abnormal sensitivity”.<ref>Grove Dictionary of Music</ref> He was entered in the School of Jurisprudence at [[St. Petersburg]] when ten; and spent the next 13 years in non-musical study and as a civil servant; before deciding that his course in life would be music and took up studies at the [[St. Petersburg]] Conservatory under [[Anton Rubenstein]]. His music was slow to gain acceptance amongst both the conservative musical establishment and the nationalist group of composers (“the Five”) but his First [[Symphony]] found favour with the public, and the ''“Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture”'', written (and reworked more than once) at the suggestion of [[Balakirev]], was a success.
He began piano lessons at age five, and was said to show “remarkable gifts” though plagued by “abnormal sensitivity”.<ref>Grove Dictionary of Music</ref> He was entered in the School of Jurisprudence at [[St. Petersburg]] when ten; and spent the next 13 years in non-musical study and as a civil servant; before deciding that his course in life would be music and took up studies at the [[St. Petersburg]] Conservatory under [[Anton Rubenstein]]. His music was slow to gain acceptance amongst both the conservative musical establishment and the nationalist group of composers (“the Five”) but his First [[Symphony]] found favour with the public, and the ''“Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture”'', written (and reworked more than once) at the suggestion of [[Balakirev]], was a success.