{"product_id":"tchaikovsky-nutcracker-arab-dance-piano-sheet-music-чайковский-щелкунчик-ноты","title":"Tchaikovsky, P. I. The Nutcracker \/ Casse-Noisette. Arab Dance (Danse Arabe). For Piano. Op. 71. In French.","description":"\u003cp\u003eЧайковский, П. И. Щелкунчик. Арабский танец : Для фортепиано : Соч. 71. \/ [Casse-Noisette. Danse Arabe].\u003cbr\u003eПариж : Mackar \u0026amp; Noël, [18??].\u003cbr\u003e5 с. Мягкая издательская обложка, энциклопедический формат. \u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eTchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich. The Nutcracker \/ Casse-Noisette. Arab Dance : For piano : Op. 71.\u003cbr\u003eParis : Mackar \u0026amp; Noël, [18??].\u003cbr\u003e5 pp. Soft publisher's cover, encyclopedic format. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis rare late-19th-century musical score is a lifetime French edition of one of the most hypnotic movements from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s final ballet, The Nutcracker (Casse-Noisette). Published in Paris by Mackar \u0026amp; Noël, the composer's exclusive agents in France, this volume marks the rapid international dissemination of Tchaikovsky’s late-period masterpieces. The publishing house of Felix Mackar was instrumental in building Tchaikovsky's immense popularity in Western Europe, often releasing these elegant French editions almost simultaneously with the Russian originals by Jurgenson.\u003cbr\u003eThis edition contains the sheet music for Arab Dance (Danse Arabe) from the ballet The Nutcracker (Op. 71), composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) in 1891–1892. The ballet, based on E. T. A. Hoffmann's tale as adapted by Alexandre Dumas, is one of Tchaikovsky's most iconic works. Arab Dance, part of the divertissement in Act II, is an exotic, graceful number set in the Land of Sweets. The piece features a delicate melody, soft timbres, and an Eastern flavor, requiring subtle dynamics and expressiveness from the pianist.\u003cbr\u003eThe Arab Dance (G minor, Allegretto) is celebrated for its unique atmosphere, utilizing a drone-like bass and sinuous, chromatic melodies that evoke a stylized \"Orient.\" In the orchestral version, Tchaikovsky utilized muted strings and English horn to achieve a sultry, veiled sound; this piano arrangement expertly translates those orchestral colors into a sophisticated keyboard texture. It remains a testament to Tchaikovsky's genius for \"character\" dances, where every note contributes to a vivid, theatrical narrative.\u003cbr\u003eFor musicologists, collectors of Tchaikovskyana, and admirers of 19th-century French music publishing, this Mackar \u0026amp; Noël edition is a significant prize. It captures the exact moment when Russian music conquered the Parisian salons, representing the high-water mark of the Franco-Russian cultural alliance of the 1890s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963162361898,"sku":"EB-306335867701","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_3dee07c4-7db0-4858-8319-ecc819cfeb43.jpg?v=1768162102","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/tchaikovsky-nutcracker-arab-dance-piano-sheet-music-%d1%87%d0%b0%d0%b9%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b2%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d1%89%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%ba%d1%83%d0%bd%d1%87%d0%b8%d0%ba-%d0%bd%d0%be%d1%82%d1%8b","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}