Tschaikowsky
PETER ILTITSH, a Russian composer; born in Wotkinsk, School of Jurisprudence in St. Petersburg; received an office in the Ministry of Justice in 1859; turned his attention to music in 1862"; and studied in the Conservatoire of Music till 1865. He was Professor of the History of Music, Harmony, and Composition in the Conservatory of Moscow in 1866-1878, and afterward applied himself to composition. His works include the "Enchantress," "Vakula," "Opritchnik," and several ballets and operas, six symphonies, and many concertos, symphonic poems, suites, etc.
He died in St. Petersburg, Nov. 7, 1893.
Russia, in 1840; was educated at the