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While we associate Tchaikovsky with music of virtuoso power and difficulty, sweeping up audiences with the fire of the Violin Concerto and First Piano Concerto, he also applied himself to music for the ever-growing market of amateur music-makers during his lifetime. Like many other great composers, he knew how to write for musicians of moderate ability without compromising or simplifying the individuality of his voice as a composer.

While we associate Tchaikovsky with music of virtuoso power and difficulty, sweeping up audiences with the fire of the Violin Concerto and First Piano Concerto, he also applied himself to music for the ever-growing market of amateur music-makers during his lifetime. Like many other great composers, he knew how to write for musicians of moderate ability without compromising or simplifying the individuality of his voice as a composer.Also like many great composers, regularly finding himself in grim financial prospects, he tapped into a reliable source of income by supplying publishers who had a seemingly limitless market for music composed with amateur musicians in mind, especially by the acknowledged masters of their day. Both of the cycles recorded here by Yuan Sheng were produced for this market, comprising short pieces, most of them quite simple on the page, but thoroughly imbued with quintessentially Tchaikovskian qualities.

The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.

Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.

"Tonight's the Night" is the sixth studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released in 1975 on Reprise Records. It was recorded in 1973 (most of it on a single day, August 26), its release delayed for two years. It peaked at #25 on the Billboard 200. In 2003, the album was ranked number 331 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.

Spin-off zum Sitcom-Hit „The Big Bang Theory“ über die Kindheit des genial-neurotischen Physikers Dr. Sheldon Cooper. Der neunjährige, hochintelligente, junge Sheldon, wächst wohlbehütet bei seiner äußerst konservativen und christlichen Familie in Texas auf. Mit seiner Wissenschaftsbegeisterung und seiner Besserwisserei stößt …