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Which later composers were influenced by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballets?
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1887.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky revolutionized the genre of ballet by transforming it from a decorative element into a staged musical drama with symphonic integrity. His experimentation and approach to large-scale structure significantly influenced later composers, most notably Sergey Prokofiev and Aram Khachaturian.1