“For me personally, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky represents the best there is in music. Of all the peoples and artists I met, Tchaikovsky was the most charming. He was modest like all great people, and simple like very few.”
— Sergei Rakhmaninov
“I am ready to stand day and night in the honor guard by the porch of the house where Pyotr Ilyich lives, so much do I respect him.”
— Anton Chekhov
“The melody is eternal, and therefore Pyotr Tchaikovsky will live for ever. Not only in Russian, but also in foreign music, it is hard to find a composer like Tchaikovsky, who is so strong, so bright and so original in all musical genres: instrumentals, piano works, symphonies, operas or romances.”
— Alexander K. Glazunov
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