Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
publication date: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 (part of Round XXVII)
category: Music
clue: I wouldn't call this war composer's goo a ballbreaker, but you're going to miss it if you're getting your beauty sleep.
explanation: Tchaikovsky was best known for his 1812 Overture ("war composer"), and the ballets Sleeping Beauty ("beauty sleep") and The Nutcracker ("ballbreaker"). more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Denise Sawicki, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Scott Horowitz, Chris McKinnon, Mihai Rusu, Todd Brotsch, Amir H. Sufyani, and Dan Ecker
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