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Tchaikovsky - March from The Nutcracker
Sheet music for alto sax
| Info: | The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик, Балет-феерия / Shchelkunchik, Balet-feyeriya; French: Casse-Noisette, ballet-féerie) is a two-act ballet. 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. |
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| Date: | 1892 |
| Artist: | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| Born: | 7 May 1840 , Votkinsk |
| Died: | 6 November 1893 , St. Petersburg |
| The artist: | Popular Romantic composer of 6 symphones and some of the world most performed ballets including Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty. |
| Instrument: | Alto Sax |
| Key: | G major |
| Range: | D4 - D6 |
| Time signature: | 4/4 |
| Tempo: | 130 BPM |
| Duration: | 2:42 |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Difficulty: | Intermediate |
| Style: | Classical |
