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Latest revision as of 11:51, 26 June 2026
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893) was a world famous Russian composer, mostly of ballets. He is best known for the compositions Romeo & Juliet (1870), First Piano Concerto (1875), Swan Lake (1877), Serenade For Strings (1881), Violin Concerto (1881), 1812 Overture (1882), Sleeping Beauty (1890) and The Nutcracker Suite (1892).
References
Frank Zappa quoted from the 1812 Overture in Big Swifty (1988 - Munich) on Make A Jazz Noise Here.
The first movement of Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony "Pathétique" in B minor, Op. 74 was quoted three times on:
- No Matter What You Do, on BTB I: 'Tis The Season To Be Jelly (1991), performed in Stockholm, September 30, 1967
- Little House I Used To Live In, on BTB II: Electric Aunt Jemima (1992), performed in Denver, May 3, 1968
- Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask, on Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970), performed in London, October 25, 1968
