Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyBy: Sarah McIntosh Raymond Mills Camille Sackett

Born April 25, 1840 in Russia First instrument was the Piano Biggest influence was MozartMarried and DivorcedDied October 25 1893

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Music was tuneful, had open-hearted melodies & unique harmonies

Strongly believed in the power behind romanticism He wanted people to feel something through his music

Wrote:7 Symphonies11 Operas 3 Ballets5 Suites3 Piano concertos 11 Overtures

Tchaikovsky's Contributions

Best Known Work

Story of a girl and her toy nutcracker that she received for Christmas

Story adapted by Alexandre Dumas Pere

Based off of E. T. A. Hoffman's Nutcracker and Mouse King

The Nutcracker

Premiered in St. Petersburg on December 18, 1892.

England, 1934San Francisco,1944New York City, 1954

Famous Performances

Group of pieces from the balletPublished before the premiereUse of the Celesta

The Nutcracker Suite

March from the Nutcracker Suite. Sweet.Brass Section:

Trumpets playing a fanfare-ish opening Kind of like a motive

Woodwinds: Pretty much background One section is quick & light and being mimicked by the

other groups Kind of like the whole concerto grosso thing going on

Orchestra: The bouncer of the brass section Repeat the concerto grosso with the brass section

Percussion: Includes Cymbal Crash here and there through out the

piece

Listening Guide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmlEmi2HxjY

Side Note: Raymond feels that this doesn’tsound too much like a march,

rathera bunch of wooden dolls prancingaround in their pajamas.

March from the Nutcracker Suite

Woo, time to get technical! Features

A motive: The fanfare played by the trumpets, it keeps going back to them

Throws a variation of the piece just past the halfway mark, then returns to the original theme of the piece.

Rocket theme with the orchestra accompany of the brass section

Each section is introduced by a different section of the symphony, Brass first, technically Percussion is next (cymbal crash), then strings, and finally the woodwinds

Tons of repetition throughout the piece

Collaboration of the Piece

http://musikazmusika.blogspot.com/2010/11/mirad-que-bien-suena-la-celesta.html

www.nutcracker.com/about-mb/history-of-nutcrackerwww.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t114.e4787

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