Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer especially known for three very popular ballets: Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. He also composed operas, symphonies, choral works, concertos, and various other classical works. His work became dominant in 19th century Russia, and he became known both in and outside Russia as its greatest musical talent.
Original cast in the Imperial Ballet's original production of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, December 1892
Original cast of Tchaikovsky's ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, Saint Petersburg, 1890
Tamara Milashkina and Yury Mazurok in a scene from Eugene Onegin
Symphony No. 4 (Tchaikovsky)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, was written between 1877 and 1878. Its first performance was at a Russian Musical Society concert in Moscow on February 22, 1878, with Nikolai Rubinstein as conductor. In Middle Europe it sometimes receives the nickname "Fatum", or "Fate".
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