Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48, was composed in 1880. It was first performed October 30, 1881, in St. Petersburg at a Russian Musical Society concert conducted by Eduard Nápravn
The composer, c. 1880
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popu
Serenade for Strings (Tchaikovsky)
…Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48, was composed in 1880. It was first performed October 30, 1881, in St. Petersburg at a Russian Musical Society…
Tchaikovsky, c. 1888
Tchaikovsky's birthplace in 1840 in Votkinsk, Russia, now a museum
The Tchaikovsky family in 1848. Left to right: Pyotr, Alexandra Andreyevna (mother), Alexandra (sister), Zinaida, Nikolai, Ippolit, Ilya Petrovich (father)
Tchaikovsky as a student at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1863