Last Years
The death of his sister in 1891 overshadowed an otherwise triumphant visit to USA, and by the end of 1892 Tchaikovsky was beset by morbid fears. His last syphony, dubbed the Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique, Op. 74 by his brother Modest, represents his final confrontation with the Fate that had dogged him.
Excerpt from the 4th movement of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique, Op. 74
Some scholars believed that he might have committed suicide, either by drinking contaminated water deliberately or by taking arsenic as he died of chloera after drinking a cup of unboiled water.
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