Waltz of the Flowers

Tchaikovsky in 1893

The "Waltz of the Flowers" (1892) is a piece of orchestral music from the second act of The Nutcracker, a ballet composed by Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky told his fellow musicians he was working on a "fantastic" ballet called The Nutcracker: "It's awfully fun to write a march for tin soldiers, a waltz of the flowers, etc." The waltz is also the last number in his Nutcracker Suite. The "Waltz of the Flowers" is very popular. It has been arranged for various instruments and for various combinations of instruments. Percy Grainger arranged the waltz for piano solo as Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky’s Flower Waltz. Walt Disney Studios animated the waltz for the movie Fantasia. Waltz of the Flowers wins Academy Award for Animated Short Film characters: Thumbelina, Janessa, Chrysella from Barbie Presents Thumbelina.

Waltz Of The Flowers Media

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  (Left to right) Lydia Rubtsova as Marianna, Stanislava Belinskaya as Clara and Vassily Stukolkin as Fritz, in the original production of The Nutcracker (Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, 1892)

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  Varvara Nikitina as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Pavel Gerdt as the Cavalier, in a later performance in the original run of The Nutcracker, 1892

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  Ivan Vsevolozhsky's original costume sketch for The Nutcracker (1892)

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  Konstantin Ivanov's original sketch for the set of The Nutcracker (1892)

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  Ivan Vsevolozhsky's original costume designs for Mother Gigogne and her Polichinelle children, 1892

• Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky- Nutcracker Suite- 1- Miniature Overture.ogg

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• Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky- Nutcracker Suite- 2- March.ogg

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• Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky- Nutcracker Suite- 5- Arab Dance.ogg

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• Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky- Nutcracker Suite- 6- Chinese Dance.ogg

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• Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky- Nutcracker Suite- 4- Trepak- Russian Dance.ogg

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• Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky- Nutcracker Suite- 7- Dance Of The Mirlitons.ogg

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• P.I. Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers Performed by The U.S. Army Band, c. 2019

• Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky- Nutcracker Suite- 3- Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies.ogg

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• Excerpt of concert performance of "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" and "Trepak" by the Russian National Orchestra conducted by Vladislav Lavrik

Other websites

• "Waltz of the Flowers", a compilation of images of Tchaikovsky accompanied by "Waltz of the Flowers"
• "Waltz of the Flowers", the Mariinsky Ballet (Kirov Ballet) in October 1993 at Mariinsky Theater in St Petersburg
• "Waltz of the Flowers" played on an organ