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| [[File:Sleeping beauty cast.jpg|thumb|alt=A group of ballet dancers dressed in 17th-century costumes.|Original cast of Tchaikovsky's ballet, ''The Sleeping Beauty'', Saint Petersburg, 1890]] | | [[File:Sleeping beauty cast.jpg|thumb|alt=A group of ballet dancers dressed in 17th-century costumes.|Original cast of Tchaikovsky's ballet, ''The Sleeping Beauty'', Saint Petersburg, 1890]] |
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| {{Listen|type=music|filename=Violinist CARRIE REHKOPF-TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO 3rd mvt.ogg|title=Finale of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D major|description=The finale of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, considered one of the most technically difficult works for the violin.}}
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| Tchaikovsky displayed a wide stylistic and emotional range, from light [[Salon music|salon works]] to grand symphonies. Some of his works, such as the ''[[Variations on a Rococo Theme]]'', employ a "Classical" form reminiscent of 18th-century composers such as [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] (his favorite composer). Other compositions, such as his [[Symphony No. 2 (Tchaikovsky)|''Little Russian'' symphony]] and his opera ''[[Vakula the Smith]]'', flirt with musical practices more akin to those of the 'Five', especially in their use of folk song.<ref name="brown_ng18628">Brown, ''New Grove (1980)'', 18:628.</ref> Other works, such as Tchaikovsky's last three symphonies, employ a personal musical idiom that facilitated intense emotional expression.<ref>Brown, ''New Grove'', 18:606.</ref>
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