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  2. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Wikipedia

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    In his biography of Tchaikovsky, Anthony Holden recalls the dearth of Russian classical music before Tchaikovsky's birth, then places the composer's achievements into historical perspective: "Twenty years after Tchaikovsky's death, in 1913, Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring erupted onto the musical scene, signaling Russia's arrival into 20th ...

  3. Chronological list of American classical composers - Wikipedia

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    Leonardo Balada (born 1933) Easley Blackwood, Jr. (born 1933) Pozzi Escot (born 1933) Morton Subotnick (born 1933) Robert T. Anderson (1934–2009) Benjamin Boretz (born 1934) Mario Davidovsky (1934–2019) Bernard Rands (born 1934) James Tenney (1934–2006) Fisher Tull (1934–1994) Richard Wernick (born 1934) Gerald Busby (born 1935) Samuel ...

  4. List of 20th-century classical composers - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of composers of 20th-century classical music, sortable by name, year of birth, year of death, nationality, notable works, and remarks. It includes only composers of significant fame and importance. The style of the composer's music is given where possible, bearing in mind that some defy simple classification.

  5. Music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Wikipedia

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    Original cast in the Imperial Ballet's original production of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, December 1892 "Tchaikovsky was made for ballet," writes musicologist David Brown [4] Before him, musicologist Francis Maes writes, ballet music was written by specialists, such as Ludwig Minkus and Cesare Pugni, "who wrote nothing else and knew all the tricks of the trade."

  6. Music history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Though Appalachian and African American folk music became the basis for most of American popular music, the United States is home to a diverse assortment of ethnic groups. In the early 20th century, many of these ethnic groups supported niche record industries and produced minor folk stars like Pawlo Humeniuk , the "King of the Ukrainian ...

  7. The Nutcracker - Wikipedia

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    The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик [a], romanized: Shchelkunchik, pronounced [ɕːɪɫˈkunʲt͡ɕɪk] ⓘ), Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a ballet-féerie; Russian: балет-феерия, romanized: balet-feyeriya) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll.

  8. List of compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Wikipedia

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    Hamlet, Op. 67b (1891), incidental music for Shakespeare's play. The score uses music borrowed from Tchaikovsky's overture of the same name, as well as from his Symphony No. 3, and from The Snow Maiden, in addition to original music that he wrote specifically for a stage production of Hamlet.

  9. Chronological lists of classical composers - Wikipedia

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    Chronological lists of classical composers list composers of classical music in chronological order, either organized by era or style, or by nationality.