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    featuring The Richmond Ballet Amber Hisaw Regent University – Music 101 On the evening of Sunday, December 16, 2012, I had the pleasure of attending a concert I’d wanted to see for quite a while. I was delighted to attend Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, performed by the Richmond Symphony Orchestra and the Richmond Ballet. The performance took place at Carpenter Theatre in Richmond Virginia. As I entered I felt a bit out of place. I’d never attended a performance quite like this one and I was a

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    The Nutcracker and the Mouse King is a story that was made by E.T.A Hoffmann in 1816. First, It was a magical story about a little girl who got a Nutcracker for Christmas from her godfather. Also, This story has been adapted into various versions of the Nutcracker, like plays, movies, books, and ballets. The story has many versions yet the plot stays about the same. The plot of the story circles around Clara who is the protagonist, and she gets a Nutcracker from her godfather for Christmas. Also

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    The ballet the Nutcracker was originally by E.T.A. Hoffman in 1892, where a young girl has a magical dream. The story is told in many different ways such as movies, children's books, plays, and ballets. In different cultures people will have different versions, but the plot remains similar. Along with how the Nutcracker is shown the plot and story also remain similar. The protagonists in the story is Clara and the Nutcracker. The antagonists includes the Mouse queen and in some stories the Mouse

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    Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” and Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring “ are two of the most influential ballets to ever be recorded. Their ballets have been played and duplicated for many years. I will start this paper with a summary of each composer which will include where they are from culturally, geographically and musically. Then I talk about each ballet. Where it was written, the story behind each piece, and its reception now and its reception at the time it was published. I will also include the

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    Nutcracker Music Analysis

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    The Nutcracker had a wide variety of instruments it consists of 2 or more harps, double basses, cellos, violas, violins, a rattle, 2 trumpets, cymbals, 3 flutes, 2 piccolos, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, a bass clarinet, 4 horns, 2 bassoons, 3 trombones, a tuba, a tam tam, a military drum and a glockenspiel. Two large elements that are unique to this piece are the style of the music and the dynamics. The style of the music because, the song was unique for Russia and added a tint of joy to the cymphony.

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    The Nutcracker: Live On the 26th of November, 2016, I had the wonderful opportunity to witness the Colorado Ballet Orchestra perform the nutcracker live. The concert was at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, and the phenomenal symphony was led by Adam Flatt. This was my first ever classical concert as well as concert, and I was not disappointed. The performance was wonderful, and the opera house was beautiful. The Nutcracker performance was one hour and fifty minutes long, therefore

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    music being played has. Ballets are very interesting to me. The audience is able to enjoy the music being played as it is telling a story, and being acted out through the performer’s body language. In the two ballets, The Rite of Spring and The Nutcracker, a great story is told in both referencing the many great dynamics music has. These two specific ballets are written by different composers, and each one of them have certain conditions they were written under. As well as different receptions, popularity

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    The Nutcracker Ballet is based on the story of the original story which was written by E.T.A. Hoffman in 1816. Although Hoffman’s story was a fairy tale, it was not meant for children. Then in 1892, a choreographer named Marius Petipa sought Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky to write music which would become one of the most popular ballets of the world. It was Christmas Eve at the Stahlbaum house and it was attended by all the townspeople. Soon the party grew as the guest began to arrive. Then, godfather

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    works. When the key is turned, the melody flows angelically through my small room, and I feel as if I am not longer present—instead, I am swept away to a wonderous, snowy world with enchanting dancers. My only connection to Tchaikovsky let alone The Nutcracker is a ballerina figurine that I left back home. I did not have a clue what to expect, but I could barely contain my excitement. Prior to the concert, we had covered Tchaikovsky in

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    The Sugar Plum Fairy Friday December 1, 2017, I went to The Center for the Arts to watch “The Nutcracker” presented by The Dance Foundation. The presentation was directed by Ashley Miller Davis, Choreographed by DeAnn Petruschke and Ashley Miller Davis, and Costumes by Lisa Ivy and Brenda Linton. I believe the stand out actors in this presentation of “The Nutcracker” was not the main characters but The Sugar Plum Fairy which was played by Adriana Pierce and her Cavalier played by Neil Marshall. I

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