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Jenna Garrity All through his life, Tchaikovsky was tormented by his imaginary horrors. Yet while suffering psychological terror, Tchaikovsky was a musical genius. This is his story. Peter Llyich Tchaikovsky was born on May 07,1840 in Russia. He had a younger ....

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.... on how he felt about his music and life. This biography includes many exerts from such letters. Tchaikovsky was married to Atonina Milyuka, one of his students, in July of 1877. He made it clear however, that they were married due to her threat of suicide if they were not married. During their brief marriage Tchaikovsky was extremely unhappy. In his letters he described her as having an empty heart as well as an empty head. As a result of his marital despair, he attempted suicide. He fell into unconsciousness and it was during that time that his brother and a good friend requested a divorce from Antonina. She was extremely calm during the ....