 | Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilitch - "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from the Nutcracker Suite for Small Orchestra Opus 71a Mvt. 3 Winds & String Orchestra |
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from the Nutcracker Suite for Small Orchestra
MP3 (2.38 Mo) : (by Magatagan, Mike)13x⬇ 60x
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from the Nutcracker Suite for Small Orchestra
MP3 (1.95 Mo) : (by Magatagan, Mike)11x⬇ 22xVidéo :
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| Composer : | Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilitch (1840 - 1893) | ||||
| Instrumentation : | Winds & String Orchestra7 other versions | ||||
| Style : | Classical | ||||
| Arranger : Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||
| Date : | 1892 | ||||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||||
| Added by magataganm, 26 Nov 2017 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) was a Russian composer who lived in the Romantic period. He is one of the most popular of all Russian composers. He wrote melodies which were usually dramatic and emotional. He learned a lot from studying the music of Western Europe, but his music also sounds very Russian. His compositions include 11 operas, 3 ballets, orchestral music, chamber music and over 100 songs. His famous ballets (Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty) have some of the best known tunes in all of romantic music. The "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" is a dance for a ballerina. It is the third movement in The Nutcracker pas de deux. This pas de deux is from Act 2 of the 1892 ballet The Nutcracker. It is danced by the principal female dancer. The number was choreographed by Lev Ivanov to music written by Tchaikovsky. Choreographer Marius Petipa wanted the Sugar Plum Fairy's music to sound like "drops of water shooting from a fountain". Tchaikovsky found the ideal instrument to do this job in Paris in 1891. It was then that he came across the recently invented celesta. This instrument looked like a piano. It sounded like bells. Tchaikovsky wrote, "[The celesta is] midway between a tiny piano and a Glockenspiel, with a divinely wonderful sound." He wanted to use the celesta in The Nutcracker. He asked his publisher to buy one. He wanted to keep the purchase a secret. He did not want other Russian composers to "get wind of it and ... use it for unusual effects before me." Tchaikovsky introduced the celesta to Russian music lovers on 19 March 1892 when the Nutcracker Suite was performed for the Russian Musical Society in St. Petersburg. The instrument is forever identified with the Sugar Plum Fairy. It is heard in other parts of Act 2 of The Nutcracker besides the Sugar Plum Fairy's dance. The "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" is one of the ballet's best known musical numbers. It is often "jazzed up" for television commercials at Christmas time. Source: Wikipedia (https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaiko vsky). Although originally created for Orchestra, I created this Transcription of the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from the Nutcracker Suite (Opus 71a Mvt. 3) for Small Orchestra (Flutes, Oboes, Bb Clarinets, French Horns, Bassoons, Celesta, Violins, Violas, Cellos & Bass). Sheet central : | Casse-noisette (suite du Ballet) (56 sheet music) | | |||
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