Ch 46 Poetry in Motion: Tchaikovsky and the Ballet

Where does Act I of The Nutcracker take place?

Christmas party

Tchaikovsky was a famous composer from -

Russia

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

Russia France

Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker was choreographed by Marius Petipa.

T

Tchaikovsky's ballets remain central to the repertory today.

T

The Nutcracker was based on a story written by E. T. A. Hoffmann.

T

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

T

which of the dances from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker is depicted in this photo?

Trepak

Which instrument plays the primary melody in the first section (A) of this dance?

celesta

Which new instrument did Tchaikovsky introduce to ballet?

celesta

What is the meter of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy?

duple

Nedezhda von Meck's relationship with Tchaikovsky was which?

patron

Which instruments play at the beginning of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy? (Note that the excerpt is very quiet so you may need to turn up your volume.)

plucked strings

Which instruments are heard in the music of the second section (B)?

woodwinds celesta strings

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

Christmas

What happens in the second act of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker?

Clara visits the land of sweets with the Prince

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy has a tempo marking of andante non troppo, which means that is to be performed extremely fast.

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Match the type of staged dancing with the country with which it is associated.

France - ballet de cour England - masque Italy - intermedio

Where did Tchaikovsky receive his first teaching post thanks to the recommendation of Anton Rubinstein?

Moscow Conservatory

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is from a set of dances found in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, a(n) - from 1892. The instrumentation is notable for its use of the -, which the composer described as "something between a piano and a glockenspiel, with a divinely beautiful tone." Its bouncy - meter and - melody make the work both mysterious and delightful.

ballet celesta duple staccato

The eighteenth century saw the rise of ballet as an - art form. French ballet was preeminent in the early nineteenth century then - ballet flourished.

independent Russian

Which of the following statements correctly describe Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy?

the strings are played pizzicato in the first section. the performing ensemble includes a bass clarinet. it is in three-part form (A-B-A)