Dance of the Reed Flutes

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Dance of the Reed Flutes is a light, graceful orchestral piece from Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker, known for its delicate woodwind melodies and charming, dance-like character.

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Dance of the Reed Flutes canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet excerpt ⓘ
character piece ⓘ
orchestral piece ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dance of the Mirlitons ⓘ
Danse des Mirlitons ⓘ
Shepherds’ Dance ⓘ
associatedWith Christmas ⓘ
basedOn E. T. A. Hoffmann’s story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" ⓘ
catalogue TH 14 (The Nutcracker) ⓘ
linked to: The Nutcracker
composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1892 ⓘ
follows Chocolate (Spanish Dance) ⓘ
genre ballet music ⓘ
orchestral dance ⓘ
hasForm ternary form ⓘ
includedIn standard Christmas-season concert repertoire ⓘ
key G major ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movementNumber 3 ⓘ
notableInstrumentation bassoons ⓘ
clarinets ⓘ
flutes ⓘ
oboes ⓘ
strings ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 71 ⓘ
orchestrationFeature light, graceful character ⓘ
prominent woodwind melodies ⓘ
originalTitle Danse des Mirlitons ⓘ
Танец пастушков ⓘ
partOf The Nutcracker ⓘ
The Nutcracker Suite ⓘ
partOfAct Act II of The Nutcracker ⓘ
precedes Arabian Dance (Coffee) ⓘ
style Romantic ⓘ
suiteOpusNumber Op. 71a ⓘ
tempoIndication Allegro moderato ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century ⓘ
workType dance movement ⓘ

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The Nutcracker, Op. 71 → notableMovement → Dance of the Reed Flutes ⓘ
Russian Dance (Trepak) → contrastsWith → Dance of the Reed Flutes ⓘ