Born in 1840 in Russia, Tchaikovsky came from a large family and expressed an interest in music from a young age. He was naturally good at it, too; he tried making his first composition at age four and started piano lessons at age five. Despite this, music education wasn’t a thing in Russia at the time, per Britannica, so a music career wasn’t in the cards for him, at least not in his parents’ eyes. However, his father did come around, seeing how talented and in love with music his son was, and continued to get him piano lessons through his teenage years. He was one of the first students to attend the St. Petersburg Conservatory and graduated in 1865.
Like many artists, Tchaikovsky had a life full of extreme lows and highs, but he saw success while he was still alive (which some other artists cannot say the same). And today’s quote really encapsulates how he felt about music and why he was so passionate about it. It might also really hit hard with other musicians or music lovers out there.
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Quote of the Day by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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This quote appears in Tchaikovsky, a biography written by John Hamilton Warrack in 1973. It is an in-depth recounting of his life, from childhood onward and includes Tchaikovsky’s own words from letters and more. It details his “unhappy, restless life” and his “prodigious talent, his methods of work and the gradual genesis of his greatest large-scale works,” per the book’s description.
“It is a purely lyrical process. It is a musical confession of the soul, which is full to the brim and which, true to its essential nature, pours itself out in sound, just as the lyric poet expresses himself in verse. The difference is that music possesses incomparably more powerful means and is a subtler language for the articulation of the thousand different moments of the soul's moods.”
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Whether you agree with that comparison or not—or don’t want to compare music to poetry at all—what Tchaikovsky says about music rings true. It can be a very powerful form of art, and it does a great job at expressing soul-bearing honesty, even without words. Especially looking at classical music, the emotions that cascade out from symphonies, especially Tchaikovsky’s, are so palpable. There’s a reason many people cry at operas, or even ballets (in my personal experience, at least).
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More Quotes from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
“What I need is to believe in myself again—for my faith has been greatly undermined; it seems to me my role is over.”“Truly there would be reason to go mad were it not for music.”“To regret the past, to hope in the future, and never to be satisfied with the present—this is my life.”On music: “It is a faithful friend, protector and comforter, and for its sake alone life in this world is worth living. Who knows, perhaps in heaven there will be no music. So let us live on the earth while we still have life!”“The difference is that music possesses much richer means of expression and is a more subtle medium for translating the thousand shifting moments of the feelings of the soul.”Related: Quote of the Day by Karen Horney, Psychoanalyst: ‘If You Want To Be Proud of Yourself, Then Do Things in Which You Can Take Pride'
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