classical!
Tchaikovsky wrote that music in six weeks.
no
None. Jazz was still a regional music style in the U.S. during his life.
The Nutcracker is an immensely popular holiday season ballet written by Tchaikovsky. Virtually all of the music is ballet music. You might also call it programatic or program music.
That would be Russian classical music.
Music
Tchaikovsky's family wanted him to be a lawyer. But, he decided to write music instead.
Tchaikovsky wrote that music in six weeks.
It's music for a ballet.
He wrote what we call classical music including operas, string quartets, piano sonatas, concertos for different instruments, program music, symphonies, and ballets. That's the type of music he wrote, but the style he wrote in was Romantic.
How did Tchaikovsky raise ballet music to a new level?
no
None. Jazz was still a regional music style in the U.S. during his life.
Music librarian
The Nutcracker is an immensely popular holiday season ballet written by Tchaikovsky. Virtually all of the music is ballet music. You might also call it programatic or program music.
violin
That would be Russian classical music.