Tchaikowsky
Nutcracker ballet creator
Tchaikowsky is an alternate spelling of Tchaikovsky, the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), known for *Swan Lake*, *The Nutcracker*, and the *1812 Overture*.
The spelling varies because Russian names are transliterated differently into English—Tchaikovsky, Tschaikowsky, and Chaikovsky all appear.
Romantic Russian ballet
- NutcrackerYuletide ballet with toys
- Sleeping BeautyCurse-bound dormant royal
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- pas de deuxBallet for two dancers
variation · adagio · Bolshoi · fairy tale · prince · princess · transformation · mime
Extended composition for orchestra
- ManfredGerman masculine name
- orchestraLarge instrumental ensemble
- movementChange in position
- programmaticExecuted via software logic
strings · woodwinds · timpani · climax · finale · development · coda · emotional arc
Subdued, lasting sadness
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- passionIntense emotional drive
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- RomanticismEmotion-centered artistic movement
pathos · longing · sorrow · introspection · wistfulness · despair · ecstasy · emotional intensity
Russia's capital city
- St. PetersburgRussian Baltic port city
- SlavicOf certain Eastern Europeans
- RubinsteinCelebrated classical pianist surname
- Imperial RussiaRomanov-ruled eastern empire
Rimsky-Korsakov · Tsar · conservatory · Romanticism · nationalism · folk melodies · patroness
Swan Lake
Romantic Russian ballet
- NutcrackerYuletide ballet with toys
- Sleeping BeautyCurse-bound dormant royal
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
pas de deux · variation · adagio · Bolshoi · fairy tale · prince · princess · transformation · mime · pantomime
symphony
Extended composition for orchestra
programmatic · strings · woodwinds · timpani · climax · finale · development · coda · emotional arc · despair
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
Romanticism · pathos · longing · sorrow · introspection · wistfulness · despair · ecstasy · emotional intensity · confessional
Moscow
Russia's capital city
- St. PetersburgRussian Baltic port city
- SlavicOf certain Eastern Europeans
- RubinsteinCelebrated classical pianist surname
Rimsky-Korsakov · Imperial Russia · Tsar · conservatory · Romanticism · nationalism · folk melodies · patroness
virtuoso
Supremely accomplished performer
octaves · technical · competition piece · brilliant · showpiece
Pushkin
Eugene Onegin author
Herman · tragedy · lyric tenor
Tchaikowskyperformer
One who entertains audiences
virtuoso · conductor · instrumentalist · interpreter · pianist
TchaikowskyJohn Cage
Prepared piano inventor
Philip Glass · minimalist · serialist · Igor Stravinsky · Brian Eno
TchaikowskyJohannes Brahms
Richard Wagner · Giuseppe Verdi · Claude Debussy · Edward Elgar · Aaron Copland