1. Tchaikovsky
However, Tchaikovsky believed that ballet music deserved just as much musical imagination as opera or any other form of music. ... Some of the alternative spellings are Petr Ilich Chaikovshy, and Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky. ... He studied law and government, but he also took some music lessons on the side. ... This was the job that was supposed to be that beginning of his official career, however he was already so in love with music that he decided to totally change his course and study music instead. ... In 1862 Anton opened Russia's first music conservatory, under the sponsorship of the Im...
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