Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a - Arabian Dance (Coffee)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайковский)(7th May 1840-6th … Read Full Bio ↴Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайковский)(7th May 1840-6th November 1893; Old Style 25th April 1840–25th October 1893) was a Russian composer. He wrote some of the world's most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, several symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin. His names are also transliterated Piotr, Petr, or Peter Ilitsch, Ilich, Il'ich or Illyich; and Tschaikowski, Tschaikowsky, Chajkovskij and Chaikovsky (and other versions; Russian transliteration varies between languages).
Tchaikovsky was born in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia, to a mining engineer and the second of his three wives, a Russian woman of French ancestry. Musically precocious, he began piano lessons at the age of five. He obtained an excellent general education at the School of Jurisprudence and was a civil servant before entering the St Petersburg Conservatory from 1862 (the year of its foundation) to 1865. In 1866, he was appointed professor of theory and harmony at the Moscow Conservatory, established that year. He held the post until approximately 1878.
From 1878, Tchaikovsky focused primarily on composition. Tchaikovsky toured the United States in 1891 conducting performances of his works. In 1893, Tchaikovsky was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Cambridge University.
Tchaikovsky died nine days after the premiere of the Sixth Symphony, the "Pathétique". Most of his biographers have considered his death to have been caused by cholera, most probably contracted through drinking contaminated water several days earlier. In recent decades, however, various theories have been advanced by some sources that his death was a suicide. However, these theories have not yet been substantiated with proof.
Tchaikovsky was born in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia, to a mining engineer and the second of his three wives, a Russian woman of French ancestry. Musically precocious, he began piano lessons at the age of five. He obtained an excellent general education at the School of Jurisprudence and was a civil servant before entering the St Petersburg Conservatory from 1862 (the year of its foundation) to 1865. In 1866, he was appointed professor of theory and harmony at the Moscow Conservatory, established that year. He held the post until approximately 1878.
From 1878, Tchaikovsky focused primarily on composition. Tchaikovsky toured the United States in 1891 conducting performances of his works. In 1893, Tchaikovsky was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Cambridge University.
Tchaikovsky died nine days after the premiere of the Sixth Symphony, the "Pathétique". Most of his biographers have considered his death to have been caused by cholera, most probably contracted through drinking contaminated water several days earlier. In recent decades, however, various theories have been advanced by some sources that his death was a suicide. However, these theories have not yet been substantiated with proof.
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Op.71a
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
1812 Overture Op. 49 Under that apple suckling tree, oh yeah, under that apple…
Once Upon a Dream I’m so good at ignoring that bitch Every good thing she’s…
Overture Captain Walker Didn't come home. His unborn child Will ne…
To Forget so soon Стой! Пока ещё не выключен свет Я хочу услышать ответ Скажи,…
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Arthur Motta
Beautiful. It always reminds me of the magical time after midnight on Christmas Eve, when all is completely quiet; the fire in the hearth is dying out; the presents have all been been set out under the tree and and you've taken to the best chair by the fireplace, sipping a hot drink, entranced by the the embers, thinking about Christmases long ago and loved ones long passed but now very much alive and with you, enveloped in this timeless reverie by Tchaikovsky.
J D
One of my all-time favorites.
I get a feeling that is hard to explain from Tchaikovsky's Arabian Dance.
It's like a sense of wonder, dread, anxiety, hope, damn...like everything.
nobodyaskedbut
The greatest single piece of music ever composed under 5 minutes. This epitimizes why Tchaikovsky is the greatest of them all. His versatility is incomparable.
Maia Todua
borrowed from Georgian folk lullaby song.
comfibold
The sound quality of this recording is sublime.
James
Christ this music is absolutely phenomenal .... How far humans have come ... To design and create musical instruments and then write and perform pieces like this is just something else x
Maia Todua
This melody was borrowed from the Georgian folk lullaby song.
streetglidetexas
This is such a hauntingly romantic sound. Thanks for putting it up.
thewaywardpoet
By far the best version of this piece on YouTube! So seductive, so exotic, absolutely flawless...It conjures up images of domes and minarets silhouetted against a blue desert night.
rickstill122
Tempo is delicious. I think this is the only piece of music that features a tambourine that sounds sad.