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'''Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky'''<ref group=a>Often anglicized as ''Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky''; also standardized by the [[wikipedia:Library of Congress|Library of Congress]]. His names are also transliterated as ''Piotr'' or ''Petr''; ''Ilitsch'' or ''Il'ich''; and ''Tschaikowski'', ''Tschaikowsky'', ''Chajkovskij'', or ''Chaikovsky''. He used to sign his name/was known as ''P. Tschaïkowsky''/''Pierre Tschaïkowsky'' in French (as in his afore-reproduced signature), and ''Peter Tschaikowsky'' in German, spellings also displayed on several of his scores' title pages in their first printed editions alongside or in place of his native name.</ref> ({{IPAc-en|lang|tʃ|aɪ|ˈ|k|ɒ|f|s|k|i}} {{Respell|chy|KOF|skee}};<ref>[http://www.dictionary.com/browse/tchaikovsky "Tchaikovsky"]. ''[[wikipedia:Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary|Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary]]''.</ref> {{lang-rus|Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский,<ref group=a>Петръ Ильичъ Чайковскій in Russian pre-revolutionary script.</ref>}} {{IPA-ru|pʲɵtr ɪlʲˈjitɕ tɕɪjˈkofskʲɪj|IPA|Ru-Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.ogg}}; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893<ref group=a>Russia was still using [[wikipedia:Old style and new style dates|old style dates]] in the 19th century, rendering his lifespan as 25 April 1840&nbsp;– 25 October 1893. Some sources in the article report dates as old style rather than new style.</ref>) was a [[wikipedia:Russian composer|Russian composer]] of the [[wikipedia:Romantic period|Romantic period]]. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. He was honored in 1884 by Tsar [[wikipedia:Alexander III of Russia|Alexander III]] and awarded a lifetime pension.

 

 

== Musical compositions ==

 

Musical compositions by Tchaikovsky which were religiously inspired are:

* No. 1 – after {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 103}}

* No. 3 – after {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 150}}

* No. 7 – after {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 117}}

* No. 8 – after {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 134}} and {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 135}}

* No. 9 – after {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 148}}

* No. 10 – after {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 119}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 120}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 121}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 122}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 123}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 124}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 125}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 126}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 127}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 128}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 129}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 130}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 131}}, {{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=Psalm 132}}.

 

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=== The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ===

 

 

'''''Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom''''' (Литургия святого Иоанна Златоуста), Op. 41, is a setting for unaccompanied voices of fifteen numbers from the Russian Orthodox Liturgy for unaccompanied voices, made by Tchaikovsky in 1878.

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