Who composed the ballet "Swan Lake"?
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Interestingly, the initial 1877 premiere of Swan Lake was considered a failure by critics who found the music too complex and the choreography weak. It only became a global sensation after Tchaikovsky's death, following a successful revival in St. Petersburg in 1895.
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