Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Composed some of the most romantic+dramatic music ever written much of which reflects his emotional nature showing the anguish of his youth.

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Born 7.5.1840 in Kamsko-Votkinsk 1863 music study composes Romeo + Juliet/Swan Lake/Sleeping Beauty 1891 Success in USA died on 6.11.1893.

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A shy and over-sensitive adolescent turned his unbearable anguish into a personal triumph using it to inspire the creation of sublime music.

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As a homosexual he was reticent with women but got married to Antonina Milyukova in an effort to disguise it attempting to banish passion.

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