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- What style of music is The Nutcracker?
- What are the musical elements used in nutcracker Suite?
- What is Tchaikovsky nutcracker?
- Why did Tchaikovsky write The Nutcracker?
What style of music is The Nutcracker?
The musical form of “The Nutcracker” is an ABA form, also called the Ternary form. This means that the opening starts with an A type, followed by the B type and then again by the A type. The style of this music fits most with a ballet. The musical period is romantic.
What are the musical elements used in nutcracker Suite?
The Suite is scored for an orchestra consisting of 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (in A, B-flat), bass clarinet (in B-flat), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in A), 3 trombones, tuba + 3 timpani, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, glockenspiel + celesta (or piano) + harp, ...
What is Tchaikovsky nutcracker?
The Nutcracker, Russian Shchelkunchik, ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. ... The story of The Nutcracker is loosely based on the E.T.A. Hoffmann fantasy story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, about a girl who befriends a nutcracker that comes to life on Christmas Eve and wages a battle against the evil Mouse King.
Why did Tchaikovsky write The Nutcracker?
Tchaikovsky wrote part of the work as a dare
He accepted the challenge, and the result is the Grand Adage from the Grand Pas de Deux, one of the most famous ballet duets of all time – played as Clara dances with her adored Nutcracker Prince during the second act of the ballet.
