Can You Tell Which Composer is a Cheat?

How much of a role does borrowing, or indeed "stealing" play in being a creative artist? I look at a number of musical examples, many of whom are long established as 'greats' of the classical music canon. Do great artists really steal?

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Tchaikovsky, Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
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Kirill Gerstein / Ades' Mazurkas Op. 27
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