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A Brief Introduction to Ballet The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker is a ballet written by Tchaikovsky. Based on Hoffman's story, it is called The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. The music of ballet is full of pure and mysterious myths and has strong characteristics of children's music.

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The Nutcracker tells the story that Mary, a Christmas girl, gets a nutcracker. At night, she dreamed that the nutcracker turned into a prince and led a group of her toys to fight against the mouse soldiers. Later, she was taken to Jam Mountain, where she was welcomed by the candy fairy and enjoyed toys, dances and feasts.

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The suite extracted from ballet is very popular with the public. There are different versions of the suite, and their musical composition and order are different. Tchaikovsky chose one version himself, but another version appeared in Disney's film Fantasia, and after re-selection, it showed the scenery characteristics of the four seasons in nature.

The lovely and exquisite overture "Little Overture" is quite lively and elegant, and it is a lively and brilliant opening song. At the beginning of the music, the first and second violins and violas were used as bass, producing a crystal clear tone. March This is the first act of Christmas Eve. Clara Lei and the children next door are performing an entrance song in front of the guests. This is a lively and lovely March song.

Dance of the Candy Fairy is the scene music of the Candy Kingdom in the second act. Describe the second act of the ballet. The prince (the embodiment of the nutcracker) took little Clara to the wonderful candy kingdom, and the candy fairy danced to welcome them.

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