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In September 1866, only eight months after Tchaikovsky had joined the staff of the Moscow Conservatoire, a 9-year-old lad was admitted to study piano.
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
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letter monologue, fate theme, string theme, dominant preparation, duel scene
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs):
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Swan Lake, Nadezhda von Meck, Nikolay Rubinstein, Fourth Symphony, Francesca da Rimini, Eugene Onegin, Pyotr Ilich, The Tempest, Second Symphony, Moscow Conservatoire, Nadezhda Filaretovna, Anton Rubinstein, First Symphony, Western Europe, Piano Sonata, Russian Gazette, The Oprichnik, Paris Exhibition, Vladimir Shilovsky, Konstantin Shilovsky, Cherubim's Song, Alexey Sofronov, Slavonic March, Second Quartet, Twelve Pieces
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