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What are the ballets composed by Tchaikovsky?
Tchaikovsky wrote three ballets; in chronological order they are Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and The Sleeping Beauty. Choreographers have created ballets from other music by Tchaikovsky as well.
What is the name of the ballet by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
Tchaikovsky wrote three ballets, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and The Sleeping Beauty. Some of his non-ballet music has also been used by choreographers for their own made-up ballets.
Who was the famous Russian composer who composed music for many famous ballets?
Russians go together with ballet. Tchaikovsky wrote three major ballets, "Swan Lake," "The Sleeping Beauty" and "The Nutcracker." Prokofiev wrote "Romeo and Juliet" and "Cinderella." Stravinsky wrote "The Firebird," "Petroushka" and "The Rite of Spring." All these ballets are still performed. In addition other compositions by these men, especially Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky, have been choreographed as ballets even though they were not intended as such originally.
What was Pyotr ll'yich Tchaikovsky famous for?
Tchaikovsky wrote 11 operas, four concertos, six symphonies, a great number of songs and short piano pieces, three ballets, three string quartets, suites and symphonic poems, and numerous other works. Possibly his best known works include his Symphonie Pathétique, three ballets - The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty - and the 1812 Overture, which utilises a real cannon to bring the music to a final climax.
Are Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and The Nutcracker ballets?
Yes.
