Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky

Celebrate music and dance in Tchaikovsky's classic theme from The Nutcracker ballet. The cherished melody Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy has been scored for performance in the middle of the second year...

Peter Tchaikovsky composed the ballet The Nutcracker in 1891 and 1892 based on Alexandre Dumas' adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King . This setting is targeted tow...

Tchaikovsky's Overture 1812 is one of the most widely recognizable works in all of music. A bold musical statement, it was composed in 1880 to commemorate the Russian victory over Napoleon's army in 1...

The haunting, but flowing melody from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake has been exclaimed by many as a perfect image of the title dancer who is turned into a swan during the ballet. There are few technical cha...

The Tschaikowsky ballet, The Nutcracker, has in one way or another found its way into the lives of just about everyone. From the dance stage to the concert hall (where the orchestral suite is heard),...

Tchaikovsky's excursion into music for young people carries the indelible stamp of masterful composition. James Curnow has carefully maintained the intent of this work while making it accessible to th...

Tchaikovsky's ballet, The Nutcracker, is a fairy-ballet in two acts, three tableaux and was composed in 1891/2. It is based on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, a story by E. T. A. Hoffmann (1816). M...

Imagine Tchaikovsky on a vacation trip that was arranged by a really, really bad travel agent. That, in a 'nutshell', describes The Nutty Nutcracker. This humorous style parody of what may arguably be...

This powerful arrangement makes one of Tchaikovsky's most popular and dramatic orchestral works accessible for grade 3 concert bands. The expresive chorale that opens the work has been reworked for br...

Long a staple of the string orchestra literature, the most cherished sections of the Finale from Tchaikovsky's 'Serenade for String Orchestra' has been transcribed for concert band. Originally perform...

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed the ballet The Nutcracker in 1891--1892. Based on Alexandre Dumas' adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's story, 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.' Before the premiere,...

Pezzo in forma di Sonatina is the 1st Movement from 'serenade in C major for String Orchestra,' Opus 48, written by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. In this adaptation for concert band, Victor Lopez presents...

Tchaikovsky's lovely, melancholy melody was inspired by a poem that speaks of great sadness. Print the poem in your program, or have it recited as the band plays to create a deeply moving tribute to a...