For 10 points, name this Russian composer of Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker.
One work by this man contains a tarantella male variation and a pas de deux whose major theme is a descending G Major scale. Another of his works contains the Neapolitan Dance and a second pas de deux by Ludwig Minkus in which the ballerina traditionally performs 32 fouettés [fwa-TAYS] to seduce her lover Sigfried. Another ballet by him contains the Bluebird Pas de Deux and a variation performed by the Lilac Fairy before she grants the gift of sleep to Princess Aurora. He composed the Dance of the Reed Flutes and the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy for a ballet about Clara and her titular toy. For 10 points, name this Russian composer of Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker.
One work by this man contains a tarantella male variation and a pas de deux whose major theme is a descending G Major scale.
Pyotr Illych {Tchaikovsky}