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Duke Ellington – piano; Willie Cook, Fats Ford, Ray Nance, Clark Terry - trumpet; Lawrence Brown, Booty Wood, Britt Woodman - trombone; Juan Tizol - valve trombone; Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
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One of the best-known works that uses the celesta is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ' s "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker. The sound of the celesta is similar to that of the glockenspiel, but with a much softer and more subtle timbre. This quality gave the instrument its name, celeste, meaning "heavenly" in French. The celesta is ...
Sugarplum Fairy is a pop-rock band from Borlänge, Sweden. The members took the name from a version of the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life" where John Lennon counts the song in by saying "sugar-plum-fairy, sugar-plum-fairy". Sugarplum Fairy was founded in 1998 by brothers Viktor and Carl Norén and by Kristian Gidlund.
In addition, the Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy is moved from near the end of Act II to near the beginning of the second act, just after the Sugar Plum Fairy makes her first appearance. To help the musical transition, the tarantella that comes before the dance is cut.
Feminist ballerina Ashley Bouder has been outspoken about body shaming in the ballet world. Here's how she's leading by example as her daughter joins her on stage this holiday "Nutcracker" season.
The album was recorded over the two years after Lindsey Stirling's appearance on America's Got Talent and was released in 2012. [4] Although Stirling is largely known for her covers, the album is composed almost entirely of her original compositions, [4] featuring Stirling playing violin and backing electronic music on each track created by Stirling and her producers.
Choreography: Alexander Gorsky (after Petipa) Company: Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow Premiere: 1919 Russian choreographer Alexander Gorsky, who staged a production of The Nutcracker in Moscow in 1919, is credited with the idea of combining Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy's roles (i.e. giving the Fairy's dances to Clara), eliminating the Sugar Plum Fairy's Cavalier, giving the Cavalier's dances to the ...