The first might be the most famous tune ever written. Everyone knows this one as “Pomp and Circumstance.” However, it is only the first of six pomp and circumstance marches written by Edward Elgar.

He was popular among young society women, and courted some of them. Tchaikovsky became quite infatuated ... and made him write hysteria-ridden music. It certainly troubled him at times, but ...

The same struggle also is reflected in Tchaikovsky’s music, Felder said, nowhere more clearly than in his Sixth Symphony, the “Pathetique.” The composer conducted its premier performance in St.

Lemn Sissay explores Tchaikovsky's music from The Nutcracker with beautiful animation. The story of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King was transformed into a magical ballet in 1892 – and is now a ...

“Iolanta” shared its premiere, in December of 1892, with a ballet you may have heard of, “The Nutcracker.” Of Tchaikovsky’s music, that score’s only competitor as a hatcher of earworms is “The 1812 ...

Expansive symphonies, virtuosic piano music, dramatic operas, and passionate songs took inspiration from art and literature. Famous Romantic composers include Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Mahler, and Verdi – ...

“Some are completely over the top, a kind of Monty Python ... in his life and his love, and his music is thus reduced to the sound of suffering.” Tchaikovsky is widely accepted today as ...

The Nutcracker is responsible for so many famous pieces of classical music played in popular culture that many people will recognise them ...

Russia’s war in Ukraine has cast a deep shadow this year over the International Tchaikovsky ... borders in music.” A female musician from China said, “This competition is famous in China ...