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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. By: Sarah McIntosh Raymond Mills Camille Sackett. Bibliography . Born April 25, 1840 in Russia First instrument was the Piano Biggest influence was Mozart Married and Divorced Died October 25 1893 . Tchaikovsky's Contributions .
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PyotrIlyich Tchaikovsky By: Sarah McIntosh Raymond Mills Camille Sackett
Bibliography • Born April 25, 1840 in Russia • First instrument was the Piano • Biggest influence was Mozart • Married and Divorced • Died October 25 1893
Tchaikovsky's Contributions • 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 Symphonies • 11 Operas • 3 Ballets • 5 Suites • 3 Piano concertos • 11 Overtures
The Nutcracker • 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
Famous Performances • Premiered in St. Petersburg on December 18, 1892. • England, 1934 • San Francisco,1944 • New York City, 1954
The Nutcracker Suite • Group of pieces from the ballet • Published before the premiere • Use of the Celesta
Listening Guide March from the Nutcracker Suite. Sweet. • Brass Section: • Trumpets playing a fanfare-ishopening • 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 theconcerto grossowith the brass section • Percussion: • Includes Cymbal Crash here and there through out the piece
March from the Nutcracker Suite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmlEmi2HxjY Side Note: Raymond feels that this doesn’t sound too much like a march, rather a bunch of wooden dolls prancing around in their pajamas.
Collaboration of the Piece • 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
Work Cited http://musikazmusika.blogspot.com/2010/11/mirad-que-bien-suena-la-celesta.html www.nutcracker.com/about-mb/history-of-nutcracker www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t114.e4787