How Well Do You Know Tchaikovsky?

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was widely misunderstood in life, and perhaps even more so in death. How much do you know about the great composer?

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On Mar 29, 2017

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This great poet was once Tchaikovsky's lover.

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Tchaikovsky wrote music for numerous Shakespearean plays, but this was not among them.

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True or false: Although Tchaikovsky came from a large family, and recorded dozens of pieces for children, he never had children of his own.

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Tchaikovsky called this Belgian diva the only woman he ever fell in love with, but they never married.

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This piece, completed a little more than a week before Tchaikovsky's death, is often characterized as his requiem.

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Although many scholars now suspect that Tchaikovsky committed suicide, what was his stated cause of death?

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Which of these great ballets was not written by Tchaikovsky?

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Tchaikovsky's longtime servant and companion was almost certainly his lover, and may have been the love of his life. Name him.

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The love theme from Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet" has been used (to both serious and comic effect) in literally hundreds of movies, including this early "talkie."

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Towards the end of his life, Tchaikovsky had a recurring and intrusive fear that this would happen while he was conducting.

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