MUS100: Chapter 46

Which of the following was NOT a famous ballet written by Tchaikovsky?

Romeo and Juliet

The overall structure of both the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Trepak from Tchaikovksy's Nutcracker is best outlined as _____.

ABA

Which new instrument did Tchaikovsky introduce to ballet?

celesta

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

false

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

false

Nadezhda von Meck's relationship with Tchaikovsky was that of his _____.

patron

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

true

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

Tchaikovsky was the first Russian _____.

whose music appealed to Western tastes