On This Day!

[Joy]

1893 -- "Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique," in St. Petersburg only nine days before his death of cholera."

Although isn't it still a mystery as to what he died from or has this been solved once and for all?

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[Chaszz]

Originally posted by Joy:
1893 -- "Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique," in St. Petersburg only nine days before his death of cholera."

Although isn't it still a mystery as to what he died from or has this been solved once and for all?

The latest scholarly consensus is that he died from that symphony.

[Peter]

Originally posted by Chaszz:
The latest scholarly consensus is that he died from that symphony.

Chaszz that is good!

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'Man know thyself'

[Peter]

Originally posted by Joy:
1893 -- "Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique," in St. Petersburg only nine days before his death of cholera."

Although isn't it still a mystery as to what he died from or has this been solved once and for all?

I don't think this one will be definitely solved until all the available material is made available (I don't think full access has been granted the biographers to the Tchaikovsky archives) - which suggests some sort of cover up, probably to hide the composer's homosexuality. I think suicide is very plausible considering his depressive nature. Whether this was due to blackmail is open to debate.


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'Man know thyself'

[Joy]

Originally posted by Chaszz:
The latest scholarly consensus is that he died from that symphony.

Ha! Ha!



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