Though he accepted the commission from Ivan Vsevolozhsky, Tchaikovsky did not particularly want to write the Nutcracker Suite. He wrote to a friend while composing the ballet: "I am daily becoming more and more attuned to my task.” While composing the music for the ballet, Tchaikovsky is said to have argued with a friend who wagered that the composer could not write a melody based on the notes of the octave in sequence. Tchaikovsky asked if it mattered whether the notes were in ascending or descending order and was assured it did not. This resulted in the grand adagio from the grand pas de deux of the second act.
Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840
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