Tchai·kov·sky  (chī-kôf'skē)  Russian composer of often dramatic, richly expressive works, including the symphony Romeo and Juliet (1869), the ballets Swan Lake (1877) and The Nutcracker (1892), and the opera Eugene Onegin (1879). Tchai·kov'sky·an, Tchai·kov'ski·an adj. |