Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and the Belyayev circle
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s relations with the group of composers known as the Belyayev circle influenced all of their music. The group was named after timber merchant Mitrofan Belyaev, an amateur musician who became an influential music patron and publisher. The Belyayaev composers spread the nationalist musical aesthetic to Russia as a whole and were themselves an influence on composers well...