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Mini Bio (1). Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840, in Votkinsk, Vyatka region, Russia. He was the second of six children (five brothers and one sister). His father, named Ilya Chaikovsky, was a mining business executive in Votkinsk.
E85.2073: Music Literature: The Classical Period. Ludwig van Beethoven was most likely born on December 17, 1770, in Bonn, a small town on the Rhine River, which was then the Residence of the Elector of Cologne. It was the Catholic custom to have a newborn baby baptized on the day of the birth and the records indicate that Ludwig was baptized on that day.