Pas de deux from The Nutcracker

[D W]

Hi All! Does anyone have a harp version of the Pas de deux from the Nutcracker? It’s such a lovely piece of music and I’ve searched for it without luck. Hoping someone out there has an interpretation they could share. Thank you!

[Alison]

well since dancers generally rehearse to a piano version, that might be the best source, although it will probably be too heavily textured for the harp – I am in awe of the pianists who do this work !! they must be terrific sight readers….

[diane-michaels]

@[[at-the-ballet:Piece:At the Ballet (Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich)]] begins with the Pas de deux, scored for 3 harps.

[kay-lister]

Hi David,

I checked with my instructor who plays Nutcracker in DC just about every year. She says “I believe Kalmus publishes Nutcracker and International Music aka Lyra, published a volume with all three Tchaik ballet music.”

Hope this helps you.

Kay

[MusikFind1]

From the EMS orchestra database
The parts to use when performing with orchestra:

TCHAIKOVSKY, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893) – Nutcracker Ballet, Op. 71 (complete) (new CORRECTED engraved edition). EDWIN F. KALMUS
EMS88145 harp 1 – A2175 $27.50
EMS88157 harp 2 – A2175 $27.50

[keri-riker]

I’m working on this piece right now, and I hate the way the arpeggios are notated beginning in measure 17, switching back and forth between staves to show which hand plays which notes. Is there a better notated version, that shows the arpeggios whole?

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