Peter Ilitch Tchaikovsky was the greatest composer in Russian history. He was also the master of Russian folk music as well as west European classic music.

彼得·伊里奇·柴科夫斯基是俄罗斯历史上伟大的作曲家，俄罗斯民族音乐与西欧古典音乐的集大成者。

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Russian folk dance and folk music discloses the feeling and an expression of spirituality.

俄罗斯民间舞蹈和民间音乐揭示了情感和精神的表达。

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Now layer dance music onto the traditional Russian folk music.

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The music is modernist too, atonal rather than derived from the Russian folk tradition.

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