Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky :: Nutcracker, op.71, TH 14 (Shchelkunchik; Casse-noisette; Der Nussknacker)
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Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich
1840-1893
(b nr Votkinsk, north-eastern Russia, 25 April/7 May 1840; d St Petersburg, 25 Oct/6 Nov 1893). Russian
Nutcracker, op.71, TH 14 (Shchelkunchik; Casse-noisette; Der
Nussknacker) <1891–1892>
Nussknacker) <1891–1892>
backstage children's chorus or SA women
Specific information available for subscribers.
Chorus passages (only 32 bars total) are cued or doubled in the orchestra.
Jurgenson critical ed. by Sergei Chebotaryov.
A harp part combining the 1st and 2nd harp into a single part may be ordered from Kalmus (A8898) or Payne. 5 of the 25 mvts call for bcl in A; otherwise bcl in B-flat.
Payne sets may be ordered that employ rehearsal letters, rehearsal numbers, and/or bar numbers, as desired. Payne also offers a piano-vocal score for use in rehearsing the children's chorus (mvt no.9).
Orchestral reductions by Wm. McDermott offered by Kalmus:
Medium orch: 2[incl pic] 2 2 2—2 2 2 0—tmp+2—hp, cel—str; engraved score that matches the parts now available.
Small orch: 1 1 2 1 — 2 2 1 0 — tmp, perc — hp, cel — str; score not available.
Source of text: Wordless. Language: Wordless
Jurgenson critical ed. by Sergei Chebotaryov.
A harp part combining the 1st and 2nd harp into a single part may be ordered from Kalmus (A8898) or Payne. 5 of the 25 mvts call for bcl in A; otherwise bcl in B-flat.
Payne sets may be ordered that employ rehearsal letters, rehearsal numbers, and/or bar numbers, as desired. Payne also offers a piano-vocal score for use in rehearsing the children's chorus (mvt no.9).
Orchestral reductions by Wm. McDermott offered by Kalmus:
Medium orch: 2[incl pic] 2 2 2—2 2 2 0—tmp+2—hp, cel—str; engraved score that matches the parts now available.
Small orch: 1 1 2 1 — 2 2 1 0 — tmp, perc — hp, cel — str; score not available.
Source of text: Wordless. Language: Wordless
Overture
ACT I
1. The Decoration of the Christmas Tree
2. March
3. Children's Galop & Entrance of the Parents
4. Arrival of Drosselmeyer
5. Grossvater Dance
6. Scena
7. Scena (Battle)
8. Scena (Clara's pas de deux)
9. Waltz of the Snowflakes
ACT II
10. Scena-Confiturembourg
11. Scena
12. Divertissement
a. Chocolate (Spanish)
b. Coffee (Arab Dance)
c. Tea (Chinese Dance)
d. Trepak (Russian Dance)
e. Mirlitons
f. Mother Ginger
13. Waltz of the Flowers
14. Pas de deux
Variation I (Tarantella)
Variation II (Sugar Plum Fairy)
Coda
15. Waltz
Apotheosis
ACT I
1. The Decoration of the Christmas Tree
2. March
3. Children's Galop & Entrance of the Parents
4. Arrival of Drosselmeyer
5. Grossvater Dance
6. Scena
7. Scena (Battle)
8. Scena (Clara's pas de deux)
9. Waltz of the Snowflakes
ACT II
10. Scena-Confiturembourg
11. Scena
12. Divertissement
a. Chocolate (Spanish)
b. Coffee (Arab Dance)
c. Tea (Chinese Dance)
d. Trepak (Russian Dance)
e. Mirlitons
f. Mother Ginger
13. Waltz of the Flowers
14. Pas de deux
Variation I (Tarantella)
Variation II (Sugar Plum Fairy)
Coda
15. Waltz
Apotheosis