Tells the story of how jazz composer and musician Duke Ellington, along with Billy Strayhorn, created his jazz composition based on Tchaikovsky's famous Nutcracker Suite ballet. Includes a CD.
Ella Bella's ballet teacher is preparing the class for their performance of "The Nutcracker" and Ella dreams of dancing the lead and meeting all the characters in the ballet.
An absorbing portrait of a composer whose life was lived at the extremes, and fulled by passions of almost every kind. This revolutionary biography draws widely on contemporary sources, with details on all of Tchaikovsky's works.
A history of the controversial Russian composer, best known for his diverse musical works, including the Pathetique symphony, the 1812 overture, and The nutcracker.
Chronicles the troubled life of the nineteenth-century Russian composer. Includes sidebars about such topics as serfs, Leo Tolstoy, and the invention of the phonograph.
