Ballet

~1660 (Classical, Romantic)
France

217 works by 76 composers
Ballet [82%] Orchestral [8%] ...

Group: Dance

Music form progressed from simply a complement to dance, to a concrete compositional form that often had as much value as the dance that went along with it. The dance form, originating in France during the 17th century, began as a theatrical dance. It was not until the 19th century that ballet gained status as a “classical” form. In ballet, the terms ‘classical’ and ‘romantic’ are chronologically reversed from musical usage. Thus, the 19th century classical period in ballet coincided with the 19th century Romantic era in Music. Ballet music composers from the 17th–19th centuries, including the likes of Jean-Baptiste Lully and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, were predominantly in France and Russia. Yet with the increased international notoriety seen in Tchaikovsky’s lifetime, ballet music composition and ballet in general spread across the western world.

Chaikovsky - CD5 - The Nutcracker - 01.Nutcracker, Op.71 - Miniature Overture
Chaikovsky - CD5 - The Nutcracker - 02.Nutcracker, Op.71 - Act 1 - No.1 The Decoration of the Christmas Tree
Chaikovsky - CD5 - The Nutcracker - 03.Nutcracker, Op.71 - Act 1 - No.2 March
Chaikovsky - CD5 - The Nutcracker - 04.Nutcracker, Op.71 - Act 1 - No.3 Childrens Galop and Entry of the Parents
Chaikovsky - CD5 - The Nutcracker - 05.Nutcracker, Op.71 - Act 1 - No.4 Arrival of Drosselmeyer