Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky

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A Russian composer known for emotional melodies and famous ballets like Swan Lake

proper noun

: Piotr Ilich Chaikovski

Many orchestras perform works by Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky every year, especially his famous ballets.

Examples

As a child, she was inspired after hearing Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" for the first time.
The influence of Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky on later composers is still studied in music schools today.
The ballet Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky composed is performed worldwide.
Many people love the music of Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky.
Many orchestras perform works by Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky every year, especially his famous ballets.
As a child, she was inspired after hearing Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky's 'Swan Lake' for the first time.
The influence of Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky on later composers is still studied in music schools today.

Synonyms

Tchaikovsky

vsPyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky

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A Russian composer famous for moving tunes and ballets like Swan Lake

is the identical name but with the other standard spelling form

Surface Forms

Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky main

Morphology

Pyotr + Ilych + Tchaikovsky

This is a personal name (a proper noun) rather than a compositional phrase, so the definition 'a Russian composer' is not derivable by combining the constituent name elements. Two constituents are not lexical items in the dictionary and knowing the parts only allows a learner to infer 'this is a person's name' at best; they would not reliably infer the biographical/professional meaning without prior knowledge of Tchaikovsky.

Etymology

Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky is a Russian name: Pyotr is 'Peter', Ilych means 'son of Ilya', and Tchaikovsky is the family name. He became one of the most famous composers, and today his name brings to mind the big, emotional music of ballets like 'Swan Lake'.