Work Title
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The Nutcracker
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Alternative. Title
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Щелкунчик ; Casse-noisette
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Name Translations
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胡桃夹子; 胡桃鉗; 胡桃夾子; Dziadek do orzechów; Intxaur-hauskailua; [50 more...]מפצח האגוזים; Casse-noisette; 호두까기 인형; El cascanueces; A diótörő; Lo Schiaccianoci; Der Nussknacker; くるみ割り人形; Ο Καρυοθραύστης; Ščelkunčik; Notenkraker; كسارة البندق; Nötknäpparen; O Quebra-Nozes; La Nuksrompilo; Luskáčik; Щелкунчик; Fındıkkıran; Spărgătorul de nuci; เดอะนัทแครกเกอร์; El Trencanous; Pähkinänsärkijä; Лускунчик; Hrestač; Louskáček; Лешникотрошачката; فندقشکن; Orašar; Spragtukas; Nøddeknækkeren; Pe Ta'ỹinguepire'oha; Nøtteknekkeren; Kẹp Hạt Dẻ; Schelkúnchik; балет щелкунчик; Şelkunçik; Մարդուկ-Ջարդուկը; Оревокршачка; Pähklipureja; Çikləwek Watuçı; Hŏk-tò̤ kìng-giāng; Hô͘-thô-khîⁿ; La Nucoruptilo; Hnotubrjóturinn; Niehttecuvkkon; Шчаўкунок; Nøtteknekkaren; Nucifrangibulum (ballatio); Крцко Орашчић; Щелкунчик (балет)
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Name Aliases
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Intxaurkraskagailua; Intxaur kraskailua; Casse noisette; Casse-Noisettes; Casse Noisettes; [32 more...]Chtchelkountchik; 호두까기인형; Nussknacker-Suite; Blumenwalzer; Der Nußknacker; Nußknackersuite; Nussknackersuite; 胡桃割り人形; ザ・ナッツクラッカー; 花のワルツ; くるみわり人形; Krcko Oraščić; De notenkraker; Notenkrakersuite; De notenkraker (ballet); Nötknäpparsviten; O quebra nozes; Quebra nozes; Suíte Quebra-Nozes; Shchelkunchik; Quebra-Nozes; Nutcracker; The Nutcracker Suite; Nutcracker Suite; باله فندق شکن; فندق شکن; بالهٔ فندق شکن; Щелкунчик (Чайковский); Hnetubrjóturinn; Dziadek do orzechów (balet); Dziadek do orzechów i Król Myszy; Dziadek do orzechów i Król Myszy (balet)
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Authorities
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WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 185085524; LCCN: n80056438; GND: 300033729; SELIBR: 173925
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Composer
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.71 ; TH 14
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IPT 66
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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2 acts, 3 scenes
Overture
- Allegro giusto (182 bars)
Act 1
- 1. Scène: L'ornement et l'illumination de l'arbre de Noël. Allegro non troppo (134 bars)
- 2. Marche. Tempo di Marcia viva (88 bars)
- 3. Petit galop des enfants et entrée des parents. Presto - Andante (118 bars)
- 4. Scène dansante. Andantino—Allegro molto vivace—Tempo di Valse—Presto (258 bars)
- 5. Scène et danse Grossvater.
- Andante (Tempo di Valse)—Andantino—Tempo di Grossvater (225 bars)
- 6. Scène: Le départ des invités. La nuit. Allegro semplice—Moderato assai (161 bars)
- 7. Scène: La bataille. Allegro vivo (121 bars)
- 8. Scène: Une forêt de sapins en hiver. Andante (71 bars)
- 9. Valse des flocons de neige. Tempo di Valse, ma con moto—Presto (407 bars)
Act 2
- 10. Scène: Le palais enchanté de Confiturenburg. Andante (91 bars)
- 11. Scène: L'arrivée de Casse-Noisette et Claire. Andante con moto—Allegro agitato (142 bars)
- 12. Divertissement:
- a) Le chocolat: 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)
- 13. Valse des fleurs. Tempo di Valse (353 bars)
- 14. Pas de deux:
- Andante maestoso (74 bars)
- Var.1. Tempo di Tarantella (51 bars)
- Var.2. Andante ma non troppo (84 bars) ["Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy"]
- Coda. Vivace assai (102 bars)
- 15. Valse finale et apothèose. Tempo di Valse—Molto meno (294 bars)
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1892
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First Performance.
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1892-12-18 in St. Petersburg, Maryinsky Theatre
- Riccardo Drigo (conductor), Lev Ivanov (choreographer)
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First Publication.
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1892 - Moscow: P. Jurgenson [more...]
- Full score, Plate 17668, 511 pages.
Piano solo (arr. Taneyev), Plate 17669, 175 pages. Simplified piano solo (arr. Tchaikovsky) Plate 17782, 166 pages. Piano 4 hands (arr. Arensky) Plates 18870-885, 269 pages.
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Average DurationAvg. Duration
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85 minutes
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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treble chorus, orchestra
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InstrDetail
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[more...] Voices
- boys (or female) chorus (SA) [offstage in Act 1, No.9 only, wordless]
Orchestra
- 3 flutes (2nd and 3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes, english horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion*, celesta (or piano), 2 harps, strings * cymbals, bass drum, triangle, tambourine, castanets, tam-tam, glockenspiel, children's instruments (rattle, trumpet, drums, cuckoo, quail)
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Related Works
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See also the orchestral suite from the ballet, Op.71a.
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External Links
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Tchaikovsky Research Wikipedia article
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Extra Information
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Sergey Taneyev's arrangement for solo piano was revised and simplified by Tchaikovsky, 1892
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