Selections from "The Nutcracker Suite" (Hartman)

Peter I. Tchaikovsky

Peter I Tchaikovsky (arr. Lee Hartman)

General Info

Year: 1884 /2013
Duration: c. 4:15
Original Medium: Orchestra
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ragnarok Press
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00   |   Score Only (print) - $6.00

Movements

1. Arabian Dance
2. Spanish Dance

Instrumentation

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

• Bass Drum
• Castanets
• Tambourine
• Tenor Drum
• Triangle

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This arrangement of Arabian Dance and Spanish Dance, two of the "international" dances from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite's "Grand Divertissement," complements those of Robert Longfield’s arrangement of China Dance, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Russian Dance (Trepak). All five can readily be performed together to form a more complete set.

- Program Note by arranger

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

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 15 December 2013

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• University of Louisiana–Monroe Wind Ensemble (Jason Rinehart, conductor) – 1 December 2015
• Blazing River Freedom Band (Cleveland, Oh.) (Brandyn Metzko, conductor) – 3 December 2014
• Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 15 December 2013 *Premiere Performance*

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 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)
• Andante Cantabile (arr. Safranek) (/1913)
• Capriccio Italien (tr. Hindsley) (1880/1984)
• Characteristic Dances from "The Nutcracker Suite" (arr. Rogan/McAllster/Reed)
• 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)
• Entry March from "Swan Lake" (tr. Billis) (1877/1996)
• Faeries (arr. Davis; adapt. Longfield) (1891/)
• Festive Overture on the Danish National Anthem (arr. Godfrey) (1908)
• Final Scene from "Swan Lake," Act IV (1876) (arr. Lienhart) (1876/2012)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No 4) (arr. Brooks) (1878/)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No 4) (arr. Singleton) (1878/1912/2003)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No 4 (arr. Safranek) (ed. Ragsdale) (1878/1912/2004)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No 4 (tr Hindsley) (tr. Hindsley) (1878/197-?)
• Finale from Symphony in F minor No 4 (arr Sato) (arr. Sato) (1878/2014)
• Gems of Tchaikovsky (arr. Clark) (1917)
• Highlights from "1812 Overture" (arr. Hanna) (1880/)
• Jurisprudence (1885)
• 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 (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)
• Nutcracker Fantasy, The (ad. Yo Goto)
• Nutcracker Suite (arr. Lake) (1891/1924)
• Nutcracker Suite (arr. Curnow) (1891/1987)
• Nutcracker Suite (arr. Lavender) (1891/1999)
• Nutcracker Sweets (arr. Corwell) (1891/2010)
• 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)
• Suite from "Swan Lake" (tr. Yodo) (1876/)
• Suite from the Ballet "The Swan Lake" (arr. Godfrey) (1876/1911)
• Symphony No. 6 (arr. Hindsley)
  • Symphony No. 6 -- First Movement (arr. Hindsley) (1893/197-?)
  • Symphony No. 6 -- Third Movement (arr. Hindsley) (1893/197-?)
  • Symphony No. 6: Third Movement Finale (arr. Daehn) (1893/2007)
• Tchaikovsky Ballet Suite (arr. Bourgeois) (2012)
• 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 Dances from "The Maid of Orleans" (tr. Bourgeois) (1879/2007)
• 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)

Resources

• Lee Hartman website
• The Nutcracker, Wikipedia Accessed 26 December 2016