page_title: Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky)
section_title: Composition
hierarchical_section_title: Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky) / Composition
caption_attribution_description: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) Русский: Пётр Ильич Чайковский English: Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) as a young man – Picture from 1874. Italiano: Il compositore russo Piotr Ilič Čaikovskij (1840–1893) da giovane (1874). Deutsch: Der junge Tschaikowski – Bild um 1874
context_page_description: Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39, is an orchestral work composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It is styled an Overture-Fantasy, and is based on Shakespeare's play of the same name. Like other composers such as Berlioz and Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky was deeply inspired by Shakespeare and wrote works based on The Tempest and Hamlet as well.
  Unlike Tchaikovsky's other major compositions, Romeo and Juliet does not have an opus number. It has been given the alternative catalogue designations TH 42 and ČW 39.
caption: Tchaikovsky at the time he wrote Romeo and Juliet
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