Chapter 46. Poetry in Motion: Tchaikovsky and the Ballet

the overall structure of both the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Trepak from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker is best outlined as:

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Which best describes the tempo in Tchaikovsky's Trepak from The Nutcracker?

begins

Which new instrument did Tchaikovsky introduce to ballet?

celesta

During which holiday season is Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker performed every year?

christmas

Ballet was first featured in Russian opera in the Romantic era.

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The Nutcracker was based on a story originally written by the Romantic writer Victor Hugo and expanded by E. T. A. Hoffman.

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In which countries was nineteenth-century ballet favored as an independent dramatic form?

france russia

Which best describes the dynamics in Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker?

mezzo

Nedezhda von Meck's relationship with Tchaikovsky was that of his:

patron

Tchaikovsky was a famous composer from __________.

russia

Ballet has been a part of theatrical entertainments since the Renaissance.

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Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker was choreographed by Marius Petipa.

true

The pas de deux, or dance for two, was developed by the choreographer Marius Petipa.

true

In the second act of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker

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.Tchaikovsky was the first Russian:

whose