The Nutcracker Solo Soprano Saxophone: Selected Works from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Ballet Suite Op. 71a

The Nutcracker Solo Soprano Saxophone: Selected Works from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Ballet Suite Op. 71a

This book features selected works from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Ballet Suite Op. 71a edited for the advanced solo soprano saxophone player by Maestro Bobby Ramirez. The music was carefully edited with various unique stylistic inflections throughout; yet, maintaining the integrity of the original music. The result is this work for the solo soprano sax musician which can serve as a valuable practice resource as well as adding to your performance repertoire. Miniature Overture Marche Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Russian Dance (Trepak) Arabian Dance Chinese Dance Dance of the Reed Pipes Waltz of the Flowers Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, the Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, several symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin.