Nutcracker Suite (arr Curnow)

Peter I Tchaikovsky

General Info

Year: 1891 / 1987
Duration: c. 9:40
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $70.00 | Score Only - $9.00

Movements

1. Miniature Overture
2. March
3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
4. Russian Dance
5. Arabian Dance
6. Chinese Dance
7. Dance of the Reed Pipes
8. Waltz of the Flowers

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Triangle
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Tchaikovsky wrote the music for the Nutcracker ballet (Casse Noisette) in 1891 and arranged eight numbers from it to form a concert suite. Written for the Russian Imperial Ballet, it was first performed in 1892. It is based on the Hoffman fairy tale of the little girl, who, having indulged herself with Christmas goodies, dreams on Christmas night that she again sees the tree lighted in all its splendor, while all the toys and dolls have come to life and are holding a fairy revel led by Nutcracker, the Prince of Fairyland.

This arrangement contains Overture, Arabian Dance 'Coffee', Chinese Dance 'Tea', Dance Of The Reed Flutes, Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy, March From The Nutcracker, Russian Dance 'Trepak', and Waltz Of The Flowers.

- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music

The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (op. 71). It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on Sunday, December 18, 1892.

Although the original production was not a success, the 20-minute suite that Tchaikovsky extracted from the ballet was. However, the complete Nutcracker has enjoyed enormous popularity since the late 1960s, and is now performed by countless ballet companies, primarily during the Christmas season, especially in North America. Tchaikovsky's score has become one of his most famous compositions, in particular the pieces featured in the suite.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Weeki Wachee Winds Community Concert Band (Spring Hill, Fla.) (Mark Hengish, conductor) - 2 December 2023
Contra Costa Wind Symphony (Walnut Creek, Calif.) (Brad Hogarth, conductor) - 5 December 2021
Arkansas Winds (Farmington) (Michael Ferguson, conductor) -15 December 2019
Oak Ridge (Tenn.) Community Band (Shaun Salem, conductor) – 9 December 2018
Contra Costa Wind Symphony (Walnut Creek, Calif.) (Brad Hogarth, conductor) – 12 December 2016
Parkland College (Champaign, Ill.) Wind Ensemble (Larry Stoner, conductor) - 10 December 2015
Lone Star Symphonic Band (Kay, Tex.) (Bob Bryant, conductor) - 14 December 2014
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Rapid City) Symphonic Band - 8 December 2014

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Douce Rêverie (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vernay) (1878/2020)
Scenes from "Swan Lake" (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1876/2016)
Themes from "1812 Overture" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1891/2008)
Themes from "The Nutcracker" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1891/1999/2010)

All Wind Works

The 3-Minute Nutcracker (arr. Conley) (1891/2010)
1812 (arr. Brown) (1880/1938)
1812 Overture. See also: Overture 1812
1812 Overture (arr. Lake) (1880)
1812 Overture (arr. Kimura) (1880)
1812 Overture (arr. Mol) (1880)
1812 Overture (arr. Laurendeau; ed. Schissel) (1880/1904/2010)
1812 Overture (arr. Whitcomb) (1880)
1812 Overture (arr. Williams) (1880/1997)
1812 Overture (tr. Patterson) (1880)
Album for the Young (Op. 39) (arr. Curnow) (1878/2007)
Andante Cantabile (arr. Safranek) (/1913)
Capriccio Italien (tr. Hindsley) (1880/1984)
Chanson Triste (arr. Reed) (1878/1989)
Characteristic Dances from "The Nutcracker Suite" (tr. Rogan; ed. McAllster and Reed)
Coronation March (arr. Van Grevenbroek) (1883/2013)
Cossak Dance (tr. Bourgeois) (2008)
Dance of the Jesters (arr. Cramer) (1873/1997)
Dance of the Reed Flutes (arr. Cook) (1892/1990)
Dance of the Reed Flutes (arr. Schwalbe) (1892/2015?)
Dances from The Oprichnik (tr. Bourgeois) (1872/2008)
Dances des mirlitons (arr. Buitenhuis) (1892/)
Douce Rêverie (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vernay) (1878/2020)
Echoes from a Russian Cathedral (arr. Singleton) (1878-1883/2005)
Entry March from "Swan Lake" (tr. Billis) (1877/1996)
Faeries (arr. Davis; adapt. Longfield) (1891/)
Fantasy on "March Slav" (arr. Bobrowitz) (1876/2019)
Festive Overture on the Danish National Anthem (arr. Godfrey) (1908)
Final Scene from "Swan Lake," Act IV (1876) (arr. Lienhart) (1876/2012)
Finale from "Concerto for Violin" (arr. Howey) (1878/2008)
Finale from Symphony in F minor No. 4 (arr. Balent). See: Finale from Symphony No. 4
Finale from Symphony in F minor No. 4 (arr. Brooks) (1878/)
Finale from Symphony in F minor No. 4 (tr. Hindsley) (1878/197-?)
Finale from Symphony in F minor No 4 (arr. Safranek; ed. Ragsdale) (1878/1912/2004)
Finale from Symphony in F minor No. 4 (arr. Sato) (1878/2014)
Finale from Symphony in F minor No. 4 (arr. Singleton) (1878/1912/2003)
Finale from Symphony No. 2 (arr. Williams) (1872/1880/2002)
Finale from Symphony No. 4 (arr. Balent) (1878/2005)
Gems of Tchaikovsky (arr. Clark) (1917)
Highlights from "1812 Overture" (arr. Hanna) (1880/1997)
Jurisprudence (arr. Godfrey) (1885/1909)
Le Lac des Cygnes: Act I, Scene 1 (arr. Nefs) (1876/)
Mad Russian's Christmas, A (arr. Phillips and Megaw) (1891/1996/2015)
March from "The Sleeping Beauty" (arr. Bourgeois) (1890/2018)
March Slav (tr. Daehn) (1876/1994)
March Slav (tr. Hindsley) (1876/197-?)
March Slav (orch. Simpson) (1876/2000)
Marche Slav (arr. Laurendeau) (1876/1906)
Marche Slave (arr. Godfrey) (1876/1917)
Miniature Overture from "Suite from 'The Nutcracker'" (tr. Rogan; ed. McAlister and Reed) (1892/2001)
None but the Lonely Heart (arr. Kimura) (1869/2007)
Nutcracker Fantasia (arr. Giroux) (1891/2012)
The Nutcracker Fantasy (arr. Yo Goto) (1891/)
Nutcracker Suite (arr. Lake) (1891/1924)
Nutcracker Suite (arr. Curnow) (1891/1987)
Nutcracker Suite (arr. Lavender) (1891/1999)
Nutcracker Sweets (arr. Corwell) (1891/2010)
The Nutty Nutcracker (arr. Hannickel) (1891/2006)
Overture 1812. See also: 1812 Overture
Overture 1812 (arr. Story and Smith) (1882/2012)
Overture from "The Nutcracker" (arr. Ballenger III) (1891/)
Petite Suite (arr. Cray) (1878/1946)
Polonaise from "Third Suite" (arr. Godfrey) (1884/1916)
Romeo and Juliet (trans. Hindsley) (1870/?)
Romeo and Juliet (trans. Holcombe) (1870/1981)
Scenes from "Swan Lake" (Adaptable Band) (arr. Fisher) (1876/2016)
Scenes from "The Nutcracker" (arr. Story) (1884/2010)
Selections from "The Nutcracker Suite" (arr. Hartman) (1884/2013)
Selections from "The Nutcracker Suite" (arr. Longfield) (1884/1992)
Sleeping Beauty, The (arr. Bennett) (1960)
Sleeping Beauty: Waltz (arr. Eilhardt) (1889)
Sugar Plum Reggae (arr. Fraley) (1891/2012)
Suite from "Swan Lake" (tr. Yodo) (1876/)
Suite from the Ballet "The Swan Lake" (arr. Godfrey) (1876/1911)
Suite No. 3 in G Major (tr. Winterbottom) (1884/1937)
Symphony No. 4 Finale (arr. Fyffe) (1878/2000)
Symphony No. 6: Third Movement Finale (arr. Daehn) (1893/2007)
Symphony No. 6 (arr. Hindsley)
- Symphony No. 6 -- First Movement (arr. Hindsley) (1893/197-?)
- Symphony No. 6 -- Third Movement (arr. Hindsley) (1893/197-?)
Tchaikovsky Ballet Suite (arr. Bourgeois) (2012)
Tchaikovsky Highlights (arr. Van der Beek) (2019)
Tchaikovsky Suite (scored Barnes) (1878/2004)
Tchaikovskyana (arr. Daehn) (1979/2015)
Tchaikovsky's Greatest Hits (arr. Moss) (2003)
Theme and Variations from "Suite in G Major" (arr. Winterbottom) (1884/1937)
Themes from "1812 Overture" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Vinson) (1891/2008)
Themes from "The Nutcracker" (arr. Huckeby) (1891/2010/2013)
Themes from "The Nutcracker" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Huckeby) (1891/1999/2010)
Themes from "The Nutcracker Suite" (arr. Johnson) (1891/1952)
Three Chorales for Band (with Handel and Pasquini; arr. Thornton) (1992/2004)
Three Dances from "The Maid of Orleans" (tr. Bourgeois) (1879/2007)
Three Onegin Dances (arr. Van der Beek)
Two Excerpts from "The Pathetic Symphony" (arr. Fletcher) (1893/1912)
Violin Concerto in D Major (trans. Lane) (1878/2020)
Waltz from "Sleeping Beauty" (tr. Lake) (1889/1937)
Waltz of the Flowers (tr. Lake) (1892/1919)
Winter from "The Four Seasons" (as arranger)

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Tchaikovsky, Peter." Accessed 23 December 2014
The Nutcracker, Wikipedia Accessed 26 December 2016
Tchaikovsky, P.; Curnow, J. (1987). Suite from the Nutcracker [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee, Wisc.