If any composer could be considered synonymous with ballet, it would be Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, whose music is the foundation of three of the most beloved ballets of all time — “The Sleeping Beauty,” ...
Among the most famous of Russian composers, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) is commonly described as an artist with a tortured soul, emblematic, perhaps, of a cultural landscape filled with ...
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Was Tchaikovsky a tempest or a drudge? The great Russian composer of iconic works like “The Nutcracker” and the “1812 Overture” is generally thought to have lived a life of melodrama. An alcoholic and ...