June 23, 2007 
Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born on May 7, 1840. He is one of the most famous Russian composers, for good reason. He was GOOD!
Composers enjoyed rock star like status in their time. And Tchaikovsky was well known and, for the most part, well loved... continue reading...
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Every so often, I like to revisit sites that we have featured in out Family Site of the Day, just to see if they have been improved on, or are still the same, or if they ever are still there. Today's site is one that we visited very recently, but since we did, they have ma... continue reading...
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