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Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's work was first publicly performed in In , his First Symphony was well-received.

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In , he established himself with Piano Concerto No. Tchaikovsky resigned from the Moscow Conservatory in and spent the rest of his career composing yet more prolifically. He died in St. Petersburg on November 6, He was the second eldest of his parents' six surviving offspring. Tchaikovsky's father, Ilya, worked as a mine inspector and metal works manager.

When he was just five years old, Tchaikovsky began taking piano lessons.

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Although he displayed an early passion for music, his parents hoped that he would grow up to work in the civil service. At the age of 10, Tchaikovsky began attending the Imperial School of Jurisprudence, a boarding school in St. His mother, Alexandra, died of cholera in , when he was 14 years old. In , Tchaikovsky honored his parents' wishes by taking up a bureau clerk post with the Ministry of Justice — a post he would hold for four years, during which time he became increasingly fascinated with music.

When he was 21, Tchaikovsky decided to take music lessons at the Russian Musical Society. A few months later, he enrolled at the newly founded St.