Petite Suite (Tchaikovsky)

Peter I Tchaikovsky

Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Robert Cray)

Subtitle: From Opus 39.

General Info

Year: 1878 / 1946
Duration:
Difficulty: II (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Piano
Publisher: Edward B. Marks
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Movements

1. March of the Wooden Soldier
2. Old French Melody
3. In Church
4. Waltz

Instrumentation

Condensed Score
C Piccolo
D-flat Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Clarinet
E-flat Contra-Alto Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Bass Saxophone and Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

(Percussion undifferentiated in score)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This suite is taken from Tchaikovsky's Album pour enfants, 24 pieces for piano, Opus 39, from 1878.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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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

"Children's Album." IMSLP. Accessed 2 August 2023
List of compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Wikipedia. Accessed 2 August 2023
Tchaikovsky, P.; Cray, R. (1946). Petite Suite [score]. Edward B. Marks: New York, N.Y.