On this day, 185 years ago, May 7, 1840 (April 6, 1840, the lunar calendar), the Russian composer Tchaikovsky was born. The Tchaikovsky family. The first on the left is the young Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840 to the family of a mine engineer and director of a government-run metallurgical factory. Graduated from the Petersburg Law School in 1859 and served in the Ministry of Justice. In 1861, he entered the music class of the Russian Music Association (the following year was transformed into the Petersburg Conservatory of Music). In 1863, he resigned from the Ministry of Justice and devoted his life to music. After graduating in 1865, he taught at the Moscow Conservatory of Music and actively wrote, and the first batch of works came out. Supported by the rich widow Mrs. Mac, he resigned from teaching in 1877 to specialize in creation. 1878-1885 During the years, he traveled and performed many times to Western European countries and the United States. In June 1893, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge, England. At the end of October of the same year, he died shortly after conducting the first performance of the Sixth Symphony in Petersburg. The work reflects the depressed psychology and deep desire for a happy and happy life of the vast intellectual class in Russia under the autocratic rule of the tsarist; it strives to reveal people's inner contradictions and is full of strong dramatic conflicts and passionate emotions. The music combines the tones of Russian folk music and urban romance, while drawing on the results of professional music in Western Europe. The melody is full of personality, euphemism and exciting. Representative works include: Symphony No. 4, Fifth, and Sixth (Pathetique), opera "Evgeni Onegin","Queen of Spades", dance drama "Swan Lake","Sleeping Beauty","Nutcracker", Piano Concerto No. 1, Violin Concerto,"Variations on the Theme of Rocco", String Quartet No. 1, Piano Trio "In Memory of the Great Artists", Symphony Overture "1812", Fantasy Overture "Romeo and Juliet", Symphony Fantasia "Francesca of Rimini", Italian caprice, string serenades and a large number of vocal romances. Tchaikovsky and his relatives and friends The young Tchaikovsky's eyes showed melancholy and depression. Tchaikovsky's father and twin brothers looked exactly like Tchaikovsky, who threatened to commit suicide, finally got her wish. She married Tchaikovsky's pink confidant, Mrs. Von Meck, who was planning to compose music