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US
/ˌtʃaɪˈkɑfski, ˌtʃaɪˈkɑvski, ˌtʃeɪˈkɑvski/
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NOUN
- important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893)
How To Use Tchaikovsky In A Sentence
- Dancers aged from five to adults will perform their own version of the Tchaikovsky classic and also a mix of tap and modern dance.
- Mr. Weber is not a moralist and does not claim that, by preferring Tchaikovsky to, say, the current-day atonalist Charles Wuorinen, we are philistines or reactionaries. That Melody Sounds Familiar
- The program ended with a free-spirited coda by all the dancers doing this, that, and especially the other, all with happy bravura and to Tchaikovsky.
- But then it's not often that break-dancing, yoga and techno marry with traditional ballet and Tchaikovsky's score.
- Tchaikovsky's strings were gut rather than metal and were played with little vibrato.
- Does he have such enormous influence over mister tchaikovsky?
- Rasputin dined here, Dostoevsky wrote in a corner hotel room, Tchaikovsky supped with his bride on their honeymoon.
- After listening to every Tchaikovsky work she could get her hands on, she decided to go for smaller, lesser known selections, his String Quartet # 3, the sextet Souvenir de Florence, and Autumn Song from The Seasons.
- Massine took this theme from Tchaikovsky's own letters to his patron in which he described a composer's search for ideas.
- That had been regarded as a retrograde move by some critics; Tchaikovsky did not fit with their taste.