The Sleeping Beauty (ballet), Op. 66 (Tchaikovsky, Pyotr)

Title The Sleeping Beauty
Alternative title Спящая красавица ; La belle au bois dormant ; Dornröschen
Creators Pyotr Tchaikovsky, composer
Opus Op.66
Instrumentation orchestra
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Composed 1888
First published 1889
Dedication Ivan Vzevolozhsky
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Average duration (sec) 9600
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Composition types Ballets
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Complete piano Alexander Siloti
View Selections orchestra —
View Selections piano Theodor Kirchner
View Selections small orchestra Otto Langey
View Selections horn, 2 trumpets, trombone and tuba Jesús Arnau
View Selections strings Elaine Fine
View Selections percussion, 2 violins, viola and cello Andreas Sain
View Selections 2 violins, viola and cello Elaine Fine
View Selections 2 piano 8 hands Eduard Langer
View Selections violin, cello and piano Aleksandr Schaefer
View Selections flute, violin and cello
2 violins and cello
John Howard
View Selections piano 4 hands Sergei Rachmaninoff
View Potpourri violin and piano —

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Prologue — — — Title, Contents, Instrumentation
Introduction

1. Marche
2. Scène Dansante
3. Pas de Six
4. Finale
View Act 1 — — — 5. Scène
6. Valse
7. Scène
8. Pas d'Action
9. Finale
View Act 2 — — — 10. Entracte et Scène
11. Colin-maillard
12. Scène, Danse des Duchesses, Danse des Baronesses,
Danse des Comtesses, Danse des Marquises

13. Farandole
14. Scène
15. Pas d'Action, Variation d'Aurore, Coda
16. Scène
17. Panorama
18. Entracte
19. Entracte Symphonique (le Sommeil) et Scène
20. Finale
View Act 3 — — — 21. Marche
22. Polacca
23. Pas de quatre
24. Pas de caractère "Le Chat botté et la Chatte blanche"
25. Pas de quatre
26. Pas de caractère (Chaperon Rouge et le Loup)
27. Pas berrichon (Le Petit Poucet, ses frères et l'Ogre)
28. Pas de deux (Aurore et Désiré)
29. Sarabande
30. Finale
Apothéose
View Waltz (Act 1, No.6) — P. Jurgenson 1891 Complete Score
View Complete parts Manuscript — Piccolo
Flute 1
Flute 2
Oboe 1
Oboe 2
English Horn
Clarinet 1 (A, B)
Clarinet 2 (A, B)
Bassoon 1
Bassoon 2
Horn 1, 2 (F)
Horn 3, 4 (F)
Trumpet 1, 2 (A, B)
Cornet 1, 2 (A, B)
Trombone 1, 2
Trombone 3, Tuba
Timpani
Percussion
(Cymbals, Bass Drum, Triangle, Tambourine, Bells, Tambour, Tam-Tam)

Piano
Harp
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Alexander Siloti
P. Jurgenson 1889 Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Alexander Siloti
— — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Alexander Siloti
Muzgiz 1976 Complete Score (high quality)
View Complete Arrangement for orchestra; selections Muzgiz — 8c. Variation d'Aurore (Complete Score)
8c. Variation d'Aurore (Violin Part)
View Complete Arrangement for orchestra; selections Muzgiz — 28. Variation 2 (Aurore) - Complete Score
28. Variation 2 (Aurore) - Violin Part
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Theodor Kirchner
; selections
Det Nordiske Forlag 1897 Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for small orchestra
by Otto Langey
; selections
Schirmer 1910 Piano (conductor)
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet 1 (B)
Clarinet 2 (B)
Bassoon
Horn 1/2 (F)
Cornet 1 (B)
Cornet 2 (B)
Trombone
Timpani, Bells
Bass Drum, Cymbals
Harmonium
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Complete Arrangement for horn, 2 trumpets, trombone and tuba
by Jesús Arnau
; selections
— — Complete Score and Parts
View Complete Arrangement for strings
by Elaine Fine
; selections
Elaine Fine 2019 Complete Score and Parts
View Complete Arrangement for percussion, 2 violins, viola and cello
by Andreas Sain
; selections
— — Complete Parts
View Complete Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello
by Elaine Fine
; selections
— — Complete Score
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Engraving files (Finale)
View Complete Arrangement for 2 piano 8 hands
by Eduard Langer
; selections
P. Jurgenson — Piano 1
Piano 2
Cover
View Complete Arrangement for violin, cello and piano
by Aleksandr Schaefer
; selections
P. Jurgenson — Complete Score
Violin
Cello
View Complete Arrangement for flute, violin and cello
2 violins and cello
by John Howard
; selections
Purcellville: John D. Howard 2013 Complete Parts
View Complete Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Sergei Rachmaninoff
; selections
— — Complete Score
View Potpourri Arrangement for violin and piano D. Rahter — Complete Score
Violin Part

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeSectionPerformersArranged forFiles (click to listen)
View Prologue: Pas de Six (No.3) Matthew Hughes, performer For 2 Clarinets (Hughes) Var.6: La Feé des Lilas
View MIDI Waltz (Act 1, No.6) For String Quartet (Fine) MIDI Performance


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