Tchaikovsky was born in a noble family in Watkinsk. He studied piano under the guidance of his mother since he was a child. Because of his father's opposition, he entered the law school and worked in the court after graduation.
At the age of 22, Tchaikovsky resigned and entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music, where he studied music creation under anton rubinstein with excellent results. After graduation, at the invitation of nikolai rubinstein (anton rubinstein's younger brother), he became a professor at Moscow Conservatory of Music.
In music creation, Tchaikovsky worships Mozart, especially his emphasis on melody; He even wrote an orchestra suite imitating Mozart's style (Mozart iana, the fourth suite in G major, op.6 1).
However, he was disgusted with some characteristics of Wagner's music, thinking that Wagner paid too much attention to orchestra and ignored vocal music. Tchaikovsky advocates the use of realistic methods to express opera, and the dominant motivation is only used to describe internal aspects such as psychology and feelings.
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Tchaikovsky's music is often quoted by pop music and movies, such as the violin concerto in Tchaikovsky's Symphony Life, which still has a strong Russian style.
Symphony No.1 in G minor, Winter's Dream (1866) ── The first symphony was inspired by the winter scene in Russia, so it is also called Winter's Dream. Although Tchaikovsky admits that it has some flaws, it undoubtedly contains the dreams and feelings of a beautiful young man.
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