Along with Swan Lake The Nutcracker represents one of Tchaikovsky's most popular and most-performed works. Based on E.T.A. Hoffman's The Nutcracker And The Mouse King the piece was commissioned in 1891 and first performed in St Petersberg the following year. The story of enchanted toys and Christmas magic has become a firm favourite and the piece was the first historically to make orchestral use of the Celesta. As a work of previously unrivalled orchestration the piece has become vital reading for those studying the development of the orchestra or important Romantic works.
SKU: BR.EB-8136
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky composed the suite to his ballet The Nutcracker in January/February 1892, at the same time that he was still orchestrating the ballet music.
ISBN 9790004175194. 9 x 12 inches.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed the suite to his ballet The Nutcracker in January/February 1892, at the same time that he was still orchestrating the ballet music. The score of the suite was thus finished before the complete score of the ballet and before the work was given its definitive title. The world premiere of the suite took place in St. Petersburg on 7 March 1892 under the direction of the composer. First editions of the score were published that same year by three publishing houses.Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky composed the suite to his ballet The Nutcracker in January/February 1892, at the same time that he was still orchestrating the ballet music.
SKU: TA.TSPB-44
In Mainstream Mallets, Jason Hammond-Wood has compiled over 20 short, 2-mallet solos with optional piano accompaniment to challenge more experienced middle school students while offering high school percussionists more performance opportunities. All selections are familiar tunes, including classical favorites such as The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Anitra's Dance (from Peer Gynt), and The Barber of Seville. Also included are nonclassical melodies like The Stars and Stripes Forever, The Entertainer, and On Wisconsin (the university's fight song). All pieces are playable on xylophone, vibraphone, or marimba, and two of the solos are adapted to be performed as duets! The optional piano accompaniment may be performed with a pianist, or by using the provided audio accompaniment tracks. Mainstream Mallets includes these 24 pieces: On Wisconsin | J.S. Hubbard and Charles D. Rosa | (Med-Easy, :35) The Happy Farmer | Robert Schumann | (Med-Easy, :51) Bourree | Johann Sebastian Bach | (Med-Easy, 1:51) Infernal Galop | Jacques Offenbach | (Med-Easy, 1:06) Sonatina | Muzio Clementi | (Medium, 1:07) Hungarian Dance No. 5 | Johannes Brahms | (Medium, 1:47) Pizzicati | Leo Delibes | (Med-Easy, 2:07) Sleeping Beauty | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | (Medium, 1:33) The Barber of Seville | Gioachino Rossini | (Medium, 1:22) The Royal Fireworks | George Frideric Handel | (Medium, 1:19) Anitra's Dance | Edvard Grieg | (Medium, 1:40) The Entertainer | Scott Joplin | (Medium, 2:10) Spring Season | Antonio Vivaldi | (Medium, 1:47) The Stars and Stripes Forever | John Phillip Sousa | (Medium, 2:12) Badinerie | Johann Sebastian Bach | (Med-Advanced, :57) The Chromatic Galop | Franz Liszt | (Medium, 1:19) The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Paul Dukas | (Med-Advanced, 1:43) Trepak [Russian Dance] | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | (Med-Advanced, 1:10) Turkish March | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | (Med-Advanced, 1:52) Csardas | Vittorio Monti | (Med-Advanced, 1:44) Back Home Again | James F. Hanley | (Medium, 1:18) Raindrop | Frederic Chopin | (Medium, 1:45) Bourree [Duet Version] | Johann Sebastian Bach | (Med-Easy, 1:53) Sleeping Beauty [Duet Version] | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | (Medium, 1:35) Mainstream Mallets ships as a fully-bound book with a sleek cover design by Bob Beck of Montreal's Design Society. Also included are reference recordings of each solo, PDF parts for duets, PDF parts for the piano accompaniment, and audio tracks with piano only, so that players can perform with just the piano accompaniment.
