Tchaikovsky - Chinese Dance - The Nutcracker Suite
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ต.ค. 2008
- Title : Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Chinese Dance,The Nutcracker Suite.
The Nutcracker Suite has become, with its sumptuous decor and its dazzling character dance numbers, the great classic of the festive season. No other scenic production succeeds as well in depicting the marvel of a childlike dream world. Everything becomes possible: toys come alive, flowers dance and princes transport girls to a happy-ever-after world in the clouds. The poetry is enchanting, but it is primarily Tchaikovsky's music which has helped the ballet conquer the public and stand the test of time. Moreover, the Nutcracker Suite -- the shortened orchestral version -- remains one of the most recorded works of the repertory and undoubtedly one of the most loved by the general public. Here are some reference points, the better to understand this uncontested success.
A short history of Russian ballet
The Russian Ballet tradition dates back to the seventeenth century. The Tsars Alexis Mikhailovich, Peter the Great and Catherine of Russia did much to encourage this artistic form. At the time, the ballet remained primarily entertainment for rich people, usually large landowners, going even so far as to make their serfs dance ballets during soirées.
Christian Johansson, a Swedish dancer, arrived in St. Petersburg in 1841. His influence on the Imperial School of Ballet was immediately felt. The ballet became a fashionable art and the inhabitants of St. Petersburg quickly transformed themselves into enlightened amateurs. In spite of its decline in the West, ballet continued to occupy a significant place in Russian cultural life. Marius Petipa, a French choreographer who was very interested in the evolution of ballet in Russia, directed several troupes of professional dancers there. He was the appointed choreographer of Tchaikovsky's ballets: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker.
Tchaikovsky and The Nutcracker
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), an exceptional melodist and brilliant orchestrator, had an innate sense of detail. These qualities enabled him to become one of the greatest composers of ballet music the world has ever known. Before his time, ballet music was often only a collection of popular songs seasoned with an orchestral sauce. Tchaikovsky wrote, without the rigid yoke of the sonata form, a series of charming melodies that admirably expressed the intense emotions of his protagonists. Infusing his rich score with a life of its own, the Russian composer transformed the world of ballet forever.
According to musicologists, Sleeping Beauty (1890) remains Tchaikovsky's masterpiece, integrating a complex use of leitmotivs that give fresh continuity to the series of character dances constituting the work. The Nutcracker, however, remains extremely popular with music lovers. Its choreography was started by Marius Petipa, who had presented to Tchaikovsky the ballet's detailed scenario, all the way down to specifying the rhythm, tempo and number of measurements for each dance. When Petipa fell seriously ill, his assistant Leon continued the work.
The Nutcracker was first presented on December 18, 1892, and it left critics divided. Tchaikovsky himself had not been filled with enthusiasm at the idea of adapting E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale, contending that the subject was too dark and did not lend itself to scenic presentation. However, The Nutcracker's popularity in Russia was immediate. It was only in 1934 that Nicholas Sergeya first presented it in the West, at Sadler's Wells Theatre in England. The Russian Ballet of Monte-Carlo interpreted it for the first time in the United States in 1940, in a shortened version. In 1954, George Balanchine's choreography became the definitive version that inspired several adaptations throughout the world.
With the approach of Christmas, one can count productions of The Nutcracker into the hundreds. This classic has been danced thousands of times, of course, but has also been transformed into theatrical productions, films and figure skating shows. The sales of tickets for The Nutcracker represent manna for dance companies, accounting for approximately half of their annual box office earnings.
Why does this work captivate us from the start? No doubt because its charming melodies remain present in the memory for days, but also because of its textures and its perfectly controlled orchestral colours. The melodies are not played solely by strings -- instead, practically every instrument of the orchestra plays at least one small solo, contributing to a large variety of tonal shades. When Tchaikovsky combines the strings, woodwinds and brass, the sound obtained is particularly rich and voluptuous. Like Clara's magic fir tree, which does not stop growing at the end of Act I, The Nutcracker continues to fill our lives with a magic essential to this time of year. A magic which too often escapes us... - เพลง
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@@chocolatgrrl2166 Why? Just why?
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Masuda: Can I copy your home work?
Tchaikovsky: Yeah but change it so no one notices.
Prof Oak?
@@VictiXD yes indeed 😅
I'm fascinated how the song was later so well realized in the Game Boy that it's instantly recognizable!!! (Prof. Oak lab theme)
Whaaaaat? They were inspired by this piece?? That's amazing!
im a french horn player and i playing only one note in this song!!!
try the double bass part!!!!!
which one?
@@bruh-kj1yo hahah yea i found that out a couple years later
Lucky 😆😆
Lucky bastard
the germans, austrians and italians might have had many great composers but the Russians had this one composer that wrote the most magnificent music on the planet!!!
Timosha21 and he was a gay boi. Makes him bootiful. Xx
@@TheOpus480 no it doesn't and why did you have to mention this anyway
What about Prokofiev and Glinka?
Sophie Rose Thorneywork yes he was
Russians had many great composers including Rimsky. But I agree that Tchaikovsky stands out as the best.
Those clarinet arpeggios make the piece.
Just what I thought. - Steffu
TRUUUUU
Absolutely!. Love it!
And I like how the clarinets are added the 2nd time around. It reminds me of how the Beatles would layer more parts as the piece progressed.
This is probably one of my very most favorite songs from Nutcracker
Pokemon Professor Oak's Lab theme!
Forget Pokémon crap, already -- this is a classic from "The Nutcracker" ballet score, by one of the musical giants of all-time: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky!
I totally agree. :)
@@MKIVWWI LOL wot?
MKIVWWI Yes, and Pokémon made what is most likely a reference to it. There a problem?
MKIVWWI dude what's the problem. It's just a nod to this
That one Tom & Jerry episode when Jerry puts the temperature below freezing when the house was flooded.
Nicholas S. Actually that episode used the waltz from the Dornroschen(sleeping beauty) also written by Tchaikovsky
I remember that this one was used in a special xmas episode about an hour long. That scene was inside a clock
It was actually this
th-cam.com/video/2Sb8WCPjPDs/w-d-xo.html
Ah the man of culture I see you
Had this song in my head for years now found the song finally 😁
Me also,now😃
I know that feeling. Mind you, for me I had the song stuck in my head for an hour then found it (I knew it was Tchaikovsky and probably from the Nutcracker Suite - just a matter of figuring out which part of the suite)
SAME
Yes me too! It was part of the music of an educational show in my country back in the 70’s and I always wondered what was it until it was played in a classical radio station today so I Shazam it 😄😄 then mystery solved!
It's tempo has increased over the years!
I prefer the tempo slightly increased, but obviously this is a masterpiece in all its glory
Indeed
This song brought me back to when I was a kid. Watching those classic Disney movies really brought me back.
DANCING MUSHROOOOOOOMMMMS!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, my childhood has visited me today!
I love classical music and it's great that there are people who can play classical instruments. There is nothing like hearing the whole orchestra live. It's a katharsis for the soul. No Gaga concert will ever give you this feeling. So keep on playing please!
all music is good, in its own way. you just have to have an ear to hear all the beauty. Music in this age was made for pure reasons, music today is made for bad reasons, thus, we have to shuffle through the bad to get to the good if we want to find it. There is all kinds of good wonderful music out there, uplifting music, sad music, modern music, old music, classical music, technological music, acoustics, electrics. It is all part of the whole that is beautiful music.
You thought music was bad 7 years ago, oh boy.
"You just have to have an ear to hear all the beauty."
But perhaps you don't, as Beethoven was deaf.
@@evil778 beethoven?
@@KesslerWatsonMusic Oops. My bad. I'll fix it real quick. Good catch, though!
Oh my god pokemon to the fullest. This brings me back.
I can swear to God I remember this song being faster
classical music has it's arrangement with every conductor and orchestra :)
Listen to it on 1.25 speed, it's practically the perfect speed for this piece
We need these composers back in this time again! :)
As kids we had a cassette called Classics Strike Back. This was there, a little louder and more tempo.
Nice catchy piece of Music.
Every time I hear this my minds eye sees a butterfly going to and fro on the flowers
its crazy how the bassons in the backround can hold up playing 2 notes in the backround for a minute without getting annoyed
OH MY GOD I FINALLY FOUND IT AFTER 10 OR 11 YEARS
This should have been 5 times longer :(
I like shorter songs
Only 1:15 minutes of song xd
Great music it takes me to another level of being, a higher level!
Thank God we have radio (classic fm) in the UK, I just herd this piece playing? An found this on TH-cam! Hadn't herd this piece for along time 🎇
He was really educated among foreign music.
Wonderful!!!! That song reminds me my childhood, and makes me very, very happy... I didn't know he was the composer!!!!!!!!!
Wow...
Play at 1.25X speed 👌🏼
This was my brother's one of his favorite music when he was only a Middle School student. He has talented sense of music perception ability. He used to humming this melody with excitement.
can't unsee..
Now I want to get Fantasia on blu-ray.
La danse des champignons dans FANTASIA 😍😍😍
Just magical
I love his melodies :)
wow this song just changed my mood from sad to happy and energetic :)
The beginning is me when wake up the morning! Ever get that feeling? That “ahh what could be better than a peaceful morning!” feeling?
I'm here because someone said Prof. Oak's lab theme sounded like this song. They were right!
doing ballet to this right now, lovely way to begin the morning. Thank You for uploading this!!!
Blue? Let me think… Oh, that's right. I told you to come! Just wait! Here, Red! There are 3 Pokémon here! Haha! They are inside the Poké Balls. When I was young, I was a serious Pokémon trainer! In my old age, I have only 3 left, but you can have one! Choose!
Gary: HEY! No fair Gramps!
Oak: Be patient! Blue. You can have one, too!
@@pokemontrainerelio3648 Why are you referencing pokemon?
Thanks for this post!
This has always been my favorite part of the Suite. Even before watching Fantasia.
ive loved this song my whole life!!!!!
I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS SINCE FOREVER
This music was in Dirty Kung Fu(1979) when Yung Wang Yu studies "eel style".
God I love the nutcracker just does something to my soul!
Love this.
i love it!thanks for posting it!
When Slappy Squirrel tries to crack that nut, oh that cartoon cracks me so much🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love this song!!
Along with 'The dance of the sugar-plum fairy' By Tchaikovsky
Perfection, sweet perfection!
It would be so lovely to listen to this while drinking tea!
I'm doing just that!
Ahhh another Tchaikovsky immortal!
wonderful Sounds Crafted from the Hands Of a Musical Master
So cute and fun! Just made up and taught my sister a 6 year old version it is soooooo adorable! Nice cuality!
sounds like a birds mating dance
LMFAO
Love it!! Bravo
Oh my god Pokemon!
LEGIT ALL TIME BANGER RIGHT HURRR
Awesome song
Nowadays, Classical Music is considered every period before the Modern and Post-modern periods. Tchaikovsky is not part of the Classical Period, but he's still under the umbrella of Classical Music.
this song feels 20x longer when i actually have to dance that whole variation thing.. exhausting. now i want to learn it on flute/piccolo
Oh my gosh! I remember this! From Fantasia! With those little...Chinese people dancing. x] makes sense. (I haven't seen it in like, 8 years - but I watched it a lot because I liked it, even though I couldn't appreciate the music back then (I'm 15 now, and I really enjoy the music now...), but I love how I can remember it all...)
Preach it. ;)
Every time I watch your song,s it make,s sleepy.
Welcome to my lab! Which of these three pokemon would you like?
Lovely mushrooms in Fantasia ^^
Beautiful...
Qué música tan preciosa, debería estar durmiendo pero la alegría de ésta melodía me lo impide :D
Yo se que música tan bonito 😊
Мне тоже очень нравится музыка П. И. Чайковского.
Надеюсь, Вы живы!
Professor Oaks lab! Holy fuck! XD
One delightful aspect of Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" is it's adaptability to scores simplified for high school bands. I was first introduced to Tchaikovsky in my high school band and we were able to play music from the "Nutcracker" at our level of ability and make it sound at least somewhat enjoyable. I also developed a fondness for Spanish rhythms from the composition "Amparito Roca" by Jaime Texidor, another good tune for high school bands.
This music is Romantic
oh my gosh so true!!!
Am I nuts or was Pokemon inspired by this?
Niiiiiceeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!
my ballet song
I love the Bassoons in this song :-)
Bassoons just be holding the beat. Bum bum bum bum
Here Red, there are 3 POKéMON here! Haha! They are inside the POKé BALLs. When I was young, I was a serious POKéMON trainer! In my old age, I only have 3 left, but you can have one! Choose! So! You want the fire POKéMON, CHARMANDER? This POKéMON is really energetic!
Fredguy received CHARMANDER!
Меня было 5 лет до секпор люблу ето музыку
Шелчункик Мулфилми
i got the piece yesterday gotta play it tomorrow wish me luck im on flute 1
found out about this song
from the Jacquie Lawson
advent calendar, lovely
song
Don't know about anyone else but personally every time I listen to this piece of music I remember all those dancing mushrooms from Fantasia..
That's my floor music in gymnastics!!
No one:
Some neckbeard: “cUltUrAl ApProPriatIon!!”
you commenting this shows you have no idea what cultural appropriation is
SENTRET can be seen around ROUTE 29
Good.
This reminds me of the marching mushrooms in the old fantasia. So cute.
I'm doing the nutcracke suiye and I'm doing the chinese dance, dance of the merlatins and spanish dance
Yeahh
@NewZealandAri HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW PROFESSOR OAK!? HE'S THE GREATEST POKEMON PROFESSOR EVER!
@ToraQueen lol i always remember those mushrooms when hearing this piece!
Agreeee! :)
A comment on Pokemon Oak's Radio Talk brought me here 🥲😂...
Oh My look what I found a "Classical Music Channel" Only COOL!
Are you a boy or girl?
>BOY
GIRL
+Gyarrekshi .
❌Boy
✔️Girl
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That works better! I had that alt character right at my disposal, too.
+porp109 No, I am grown up.
No, The Nutcracker was used in "Fantasia" and for this segment, the movie had little dancing mushrooms dance to the song. The Mushrooms looked kinda like little people, hence "Mushroom people".
the sound of christmas.
0:45 Clarinet arpeggios startup.
I think that this is one of the tunes that was behind the Sleeping Beauty Behind the Scenes shots... =D
But... omg... I love it. It has Tchaikovsky's fairytale sound in it (At least that's how it sounds to me...!). :]
I always found it interesting that Tchaikovsky had to compose the music to match the choreography already in place. Of course, it's still great music!