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The Beautiful Secret of a Heart's Final Beat: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique'

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The Beautiful Secret of a Heart's Final Beat: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique'

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2026.5.1

Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique' Composed in 1893

Please note: I'm Japanese and still learning English, so I use AI for translations. Doing my best! Feel free to correct me if I make a mistake! 🙏

"Have you ever heard the moment a heart stops?"

October 1893. The Russian master Tchaikovsky conducted the premiere of a new work.

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