Little Peter was born in the small mining town of Votkinsk, Russia, not far from the border of Asia.
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Opal Wheeler writes with happy and intimate warmth, portraying a great man as appealingly human, and presenting simple piano arrangements of six of his most familiar, best-loved compositions.
It is perfect for young readers.
Here is a fascinating picture of Tchaikovsky the brilliant composer and delightful companion.
It was early one morning, seated at a table in the deserted dining room of an inn, that he wrote the first draft of his first symphony.
Here again, though, he broke all the established rules for composing and drove his master to despair.
However, music still beckoned, and under the great Anton Rubinstein, he made certain progress.
Any sort of routine or application to work was impossible for him, and as a result, when a young man he could not bring himself to practice law.
Miss Wheeler has shown sympathetically yet quite frankly what a nervous, unpredictable child Peter was and how his love for music, even as a very little boy, was almost greater than he could bear.
His father was a mine inspector.
Little Peter was born in the small mining town of Votkinsk, Russia, not far from the border of Asia