pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky
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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 . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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
Bibliography
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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