How was Tchaikovsky important to the history of music?
Without Tchaikovsky much of Classical Music would be unbearable – – — – Tchaikovsky brought a lightness a gaity to classical music, a whimsy that was and continues tio be wonderful. And an odd factor – – – the pace of Tchaikovsky’s music lent itself well to Ballet and so for those that are fond of watching women in tutus swirling around manly men in tights a world with Tchaikovsky would be barren indeed. A final note of importance was that Tchaikovsky was Russian and as such set a standard that forever marked Russia as a nation of art & culture even amidst anarchist bombs and starving peasents. Two of Tchaikovsky’s works are so much a part of life that one can hardly imagine Christmas with ‘The Nutcracker Suite,’ or most anything deemed graceful without the haunting melody of ‘Swan Lake.’ This article is amusing & informative. http://www.d-vista.com/OTHER/tchai.html “”””Tchaikovsky’s music was marked by a sensuously
