Scenes from "The Nutcracker"
Peter I Tchaikovsky (arr. Michael Story)
General Info
Year: 1884 / 2010
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $72.00; (digital) - $72.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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-
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Triangle
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed the ballet The Nutcracker in 1891—1892, based on Alexandre Dumas' adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's story, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." Before the premiere, Tchaikovsky selected eight pieces from the ballet and created The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, which became an immediate success and contains some of the most recognizable and best-loved holiday music.
Scenes from The Nutcracker contains four numbers from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Sidney (B.C.) Concert Band (Bruce Ham, conductor) – 9 December 2019
- Harpenden (U.K.) Concert Band (Matt Harrison, conductor) – 13 December 2015
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)