Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
ETA Hoffman original and the ballet was Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
In the ballet The Nutcracker,the girl is named Clara and her grandfather gives it to her as a Christmas present
Thychoski wrote the music but I'm not sure who choregraphed the actual ballet!! SORRY!
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Modern ballet is more from this century. It isn't to music you would here in a symphony where as classical is. Classical is when you go to The Nutcraker and see ladies op on pointe shoes doing things like pirouettes.
The Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) wrote The Nutcracker. He is also known for composing the 1812 Overture.
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Tchaikovsky.Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed 'The Nutcracker' ballet.
The composer of The Nutcracker ballet was Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It premiered in 1892. Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer born in 1840.
Aram Khachaturian was an Armenian-Soviet composer who lived 1903-1978 and is famous for the Sabre Dance from his ballet Gayaneh.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky