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Tschaikowsky, Peter

Edward Dannreuther · 1900

An entry on Tchaikovsky in Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, written shortly after his death.

This dictionary entry summarizes Tchaikovsky's life and career for English readers shortly after his death.

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This is an encyclopedia article on Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, written by Edward Dannreuther for the Dictionary of Music and Musicians, published in 1900. It gives an outline of his life, from his birth and education to his career as a composer and teacher at the Moscow Conservatoire.

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Written in Britain soon after Tchaikovsky's death, this entry shows how his reputation stood internationally at the turn of the century. It reflects how English-speaking audiences and scholars, through writers like Dannreuther, understood and summarized a foreign composer's life and career.

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