1. Tchaikovsky
Although it was his ballets and symphonies that made him famous he also wrote some of the best operas of all time. ... No one would have ever expected him to be one of the greatest composers of all time. Beard 2 Tchaikovsky attributed his love for music to come from growing up in a place "saturated with the miraculous beauty of Russian folk song" (Encyclopedia of World Biography). ... In 1875 Tchaikovsky composed what is possibly his most universally known and loved work, the Piano Concerto No.1. ... This was his first time that his ability to tell stories through his music was apparent. ...
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