The Nutcracker, ballet, Op.71 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich)

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Publisher Info.:

Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.(1892). Plate 17668
Reprint - New York: Broude Brothers, 1951. Plate B.B.47.

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Public Domain

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First edition (reprint)

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

See also The Nutcracker (suite), Op.71a.

Complete Ballet

For Piano solo (Tchaikovsky)

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Arranger:

Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)

Publisher Info.:

Moscow: P. Jurgenson, n.d.(1892), plate 17669

Copyright:

Public Domain

Danse des Mirlitons (Act II, No.12e)

For Organ (Goss Custard)
See Organ Transcriptions (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich)

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Act I, No.4. Scène dansante: [...] Allegro molto vivace — Tempo di Valse — Presto (composer's solo piano version)

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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (ballet suite)/Swan Lake (excerpts)/Sleeping Beauty ...Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
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General Information

Work Title The Nutcracker
Alternative Title Щелкунчик (Shchelkunchik), Casse-noisette
Composer Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich
Opus/Catalogue Number Op.71, TH 14
Number of Movements/Sections 2 acts, 3 scenes
Average Duration 85 minutes
Year/Date of Composition 1892
First Performance St. Petersburg, Mariinskii Theatre, 6/18 December 1892
Year of First Publication 1892
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 Piccolos, 3 Flutes, 2 Oboes, English Horn, 2 Clarinets (B♭, A), Bass Clarinet (B♭, A), 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns (F), 2 Trumpets (B♭, A), 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Triangle, Castanets, Tambourine, Children's Instruments (Trumpet (C), Drums, Cuckoo (C), Quail (C), Cymbals), Cymbals, Bass Drum, Tam-Tam, Glockenspiel, Celesta (or Piano), 2 Harps, Violins I, Violins II, Violas, Cellos, Double Basses + offstage: Chorus (SA)
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Section Listing

Overture

  • Allegro giusto (182 bars)

Act I
Scene 1

  • No.1. Scène: L'ornement et l'illumination de l'arbre de Noël. Allegro non troppo (134 bars)
  • No.2. Marche. Tempo di Marcia viva (88 bars)
  • No.3. Petit galop des enfants et entrée des parents. Presto - Andante (118 bars)
  • No.4. Scène dansante. Andantino—Allegro molto vivace—Tempo di Valse—Presto (258 bars)
  • No.5. Scène et danse Grossvater. Andante (Tempo di Valse)—Andantino—Tempo di Grossvater (225 bars)
  • No.6. Scène: Le départ des invités. La nuit. Allegro semplice—Moderato assai (161 bars)
  • No.7. Scène: La bataille. Allegro vivo (121 bars)

Scene 2

  • No.8. Scène: Une forêt de sapins en hiver. Andante (71 bars)
  • No.9. Valse des flocons de neige. Tempo di Valse, ma con moto—Presto (407 bars)

Act II
Scene 3

  • No.10. Scène: Le palais enchanté de Confiturenburg. Andante (91 bars)
  • No.11. Scène: L'arrivée de Casse-Noisette et Claire. Andante con moto—Allegro agitato (142 bars)
  • No.12. 'Divertissement:
  • a) Le chocoolat: Danse espagnole. Allegro brillante (78 bars)
  • b) Le café: Danse arabe. Comodo (102 bars)
  • c) 'Le thé: Danse chinoise. Allegro moderato (32 bars)
  • d) Trépak: Danse russe. Tempo di Trepak, molto vivace (84 bars)
  • e) Danse des mirlitons. Andantino (77 bars)
  • f) La mère Gigogne et les polichinelles. Allegro giocoso (156 bars)
  • No.13. Valse des fleurs. Tempo di Valse (353 bars)
  • No.14. Pas de deux:
  • Andante maestoso (74 bars)
  • Var. 1. Tempo di Tarantella (51 bars)
  • Var. 2. Andante ma non troppo (84 bars)
  • Coda. Vivace assai (102 bars)
  • No.15. Valse finale et apothèose. Tempo di Valse—Molto meno (294 bars)

Version History

  • Composed for orchestra by Tchaikovsky, 1891–92
  • Arranged for solo piano by Sergei Taneyev, 1892
  • Simplified arrangement for solo piano made by Tchaikovsky, 1892

Publication History

Full Score

  • Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1892. 511 pages. Plate 17668
    • reprint -- Leipzig: D. Rahter, 1892
    • reissued by Kalmus (No. 555, A2187), Broude (B.B. 47), Lucks, Dover

Arrangement for piano 4 hands (Arensky):

  • Moscow: P. Jurgenson, (1892?). 269 pages. Plates 18870–18885
    • reprint — Leipzig: D. Rahter, 1892. Edition No.1107

Arrangement for Piano 2 hands (Taneyev):

  • Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1892. 175 pages. Plate 17669
    • reprint — Leipzig: D. Rahter, 1892. Edition No.387
    • reissued — Muzgiz (1926), Tchaikovsky Foundation (1950)

Arrangement for Piano 2 hands (Tchaikovsky):

  • Moscow: P. Jurgenson, 1892. 166 pages. Plate 17782
    • reissued — Kalmus (No.4067), Belwin/CPP/Warner/Alfred, Dover

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