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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Composer of the Week: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Episode 3: Money and Marriage

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

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Episode 3: Money and Marriage

Money and Marriage

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Money and Marriage

Donald Macleod discusses two women who had a profound impact on Tchaikovsky's life.

Donald Macleod on two women who influenced Tchaikovsky's life: Nadezhda von Meck, an important patron, and Antonina Ivanovna Milyukov, to whom he had a disastrous marriage.

Two women enter Tchaikovsky's sphere, both of whom would have a profound impact on the direction of his life. The wealthy Nadezhda von Meck became the composer's most important patron, meanwhile Tchaikovsky's disastrous marriage to Antonina Ivanovna Milyukova nearly destroyed him. Presented by Donald Macleod.

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