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| Composer | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | ||
| Music | (in order of performance)
1) Danse Caracteristique, op. 72, no. 4 2) Le Paysan Prelude, op. 39, no. 12 3) Chanson Populaire, op. 39, no. 13 4) Polka, op. 39, no. 14 5) Le Petit Cavalier, op. 39, no. 3 6) Reverie, op. 9, no. 1 7) La Sorciere, op. 39, no. 20 8) November - Troika, op. 37, no. 11 9) Natha Waltz, op. 51, no. 4 10) Mazurka, op. 39, no. 10 11) October - Chant d'Automne, op. 37, no. 10 12) Polka de Salon, op. 9, no. 2 13) June - Barcarolle, op. 37, no. 6 14) Scherzo a la Russe, op. 1, no. 1 | ||
| Dancers | Ib Andersen, Kyra Nichols, Daniel Duell, Maria Calegari, Joseph Duell, Bart Cook, Heather Watts | ||
| Costumes | Ben Benson | ||
| Lighting | Ronald Bates | ||
| Genre | BALLET | ||
| Premiere | June 11, 1981, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet | ||
| Casting Reqs | ″19 Dancers: 3 principal women, 4 principal men; 6 corps women (2 demi), 6 corps men″ | ||
| Requirements | piano | ||
| Running Time | 39′ | ||
| Notes | Tchaikovsky composed an extraordinary amount of music for the solo piano, most of it unknown compared to his more famous orchestral works. The music for this ballet is comprised of pieces which span his musical career from Opus 1, No. 1 through Opus 72, No. 4 and come from various collections: The Seasons, Children′s Album, and Opus 1, 9, 51, and 72. | ||