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Old September 13th, 2015 #4
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"The Nutcracker" (Russian: Щелкунчик) - 1973.


Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
"Russian composer whose works included symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, chamber music, and a choral setting of the Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy".

Fairy tale by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann ("The Nutcracker and the Mouse King").
"German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist".

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