Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893).

Tchaikovsky's music has been used for the love theme from Romeo and Juliet, and is known for the Nutcracker, and Swan Lake, the 1812 Overture, The Sleeping Beauty and Marche Slave. Despite his many popular successes, Tchaikovsky's life was punctuated by personal crises and depression. Contributory factors included his early separation from his mother for boarding school followed by his mother's early death, the death of his close friend and colleague Nikolai Rubinstein, and the collapse of the one enduring relationship of his adult life, which was his 13-year association with the wealthy widow Nadezhda von Meck who was his patron even though they never actually met each other. His homosexuality, which he kept private, has traditionally also been considered a major factor, though some musicologists now downplay its importance. Tchaikovsky's sudden death at the age of 53 is generally ascribed to cholera; there is an ongoing debate as to whether cholera was indeed the cause of death, and whether his death was accidental or self-inflicted. A piece of music and his autograph was written on a card., which has been mounted and framed. There is a slight tear at the top of the card. It's supplied with coa.