Nutcracker Suite in Full Score (Dover Orchestral Music Scores)

Nutcracker Suite in Full Score (Dover Orchestral Music Scores)

<div><P>Completed in 1892, Tchaikovsky's entertaining masterpiece is one of the most popular pieces ever created for ballet. A perennial favorite in theaters and concert halls — especially at Christmastime — <I>The Nutcracker</I> vividly displays the composer's virtuosity in creating varied orchestral colors.<BR>Exhibiting immense "charm and novelty of instrumentation" (<I>Grove's Dictionary</I>), the work has delighted generations of listeners with such familiar favorites as the "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy," "Trepak" (Russian Dance), "Arabian Dance," "Chinese Dance," and "Waltz of the Flowers."<BR>Now available to students, teachers, and musicians at a price considerably less than any comparable full score would cost, this high-quality reproduction of an authoritative edition will be welcomed by music lovers everywhere.</div></P>