Question

After graduating from the st. petersburg conservatory of music, this composer was appointed professor of harmony and musical composition at the newly formed moscow conservatory. before long, however, two patrons-awealthy, music-loving widow and the tsar of russia-providedhim with a steady income and this secure financial backing allowed him to travel extensively in europe and america.?

Answer 1

The answer is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. He was a Russian composer of the late-Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular music in the classical repertoire Pyotr Tchaikovsky's work was first publicly executed in 1865, with Johann Strauss the Younger conducting Tchaikovsky's Characteristic Dances at a Pavlovsk concert. His work includes The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker.