Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and The Five
In mid- to late-19th-century Russia, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and a group of composers known as The Five had differing opinions as to whether Russian classical music should be composed following Western or native practices. The composer was friendly but never intimate with most of The Five, ambivalent about their music; their goals and aesthetics did not match his.
