The work of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) is exemplary of the synthesis of Russian musical thought (influenced by Italian and French music) and the tendencies of western neo-romanticism. He is regarded as one of the world’s greatest composers of all time, having left a bequest of six symphonies, ten operas, three ballets, three concertos for piano, one for violin, and one for cello, three string quartets, and many other chamber, choral and piano compositions and songs. Beside large-scale ...