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The Nutcracker History URL: http://www.balletmet.org/Notes/NutHist.html Description: Historical material through 1998 about this ballet performed at Christmastime with music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Features a discussion of the origins of the story and Tchaikvsky's musical composition, the development of early stagings, listing of notable productions (such as the original Imperial Russian Ballet in 1892 and the first full length production in the U.S. by the San Francisco Ballet in 1944), background about wooden nutcrackers, and more. From BalletMet Columbus, Ohio. LII Topics: Ballet, Dance Author: Charles, Gerard Publisher: BalletMet Columbus LII Database Information: Record 24939 created by Maria Brandt on 11/19/2007 Last modification on 11/19/2007 Published: 11/21/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24939 |
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