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Ballet Music - Thematic Index. Best Classical Tunes.
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De-Falla
Dance of Neighbours, from Three Cornered Hat (El Sombero de Tres Picos) (De-Falla) (Ballet Music)
 
1 Dance of Neighbours, from Three Cornered Hat (El Sombero de Tres Picos)
Ritual Fire dance from El Amor Brujo (De-Falla) (Ballet Music)
1 Ritual Fire dance from El Amor Brujo
Delibes
Coppelia Ballet - Czardas (Delibes) (Ballet Music)
1 Czardas theme 1
2 Czardas theme 2
Coppelia ballet, Act I, Prelude (Delibes) (Ballet Music)
1 Prelude, 1st theme in 4/4 time.
2 Prelude, 2nd theme - main waltz theme
3 3rd theme of Prelude - (Mazurka theme)
Coppelia Ballet, Waltz (Delibes) (Ballet Music)
1 Coppelia Ballet, Waltz
Sylvia - Bacchus March (Delibes) (Ballet Music)
1 Main theme of Bacchus's March
Sylvia - Chasseresses (Delibes) (Ballet Music)
1 Main theme
Sylvia - Pizzicato (Delibes) (Ballet Music)
1 Main theme
Sylvia - Prelude (Delibes) (Ballet Music)
1 Main slow theme, tutti
Sylvia - Valse Lente (Delibes) (Ballet Music)
1 Main theme
Theme Slave from Act 1 of Coppelia Ballet (Delibes) (Ballet Music)
1 Theme Slave - theme 1
Gade
Bridal Waltz from Et Folkesagn (Gade) (Ballet Music)
1 First theme
2 Second theme
Gliere
Russian Sailors' Dance, from Red Poppy Suite (Gliere) (Ballet Music)
1 main theme
Gluck
Dance of the Blessed Spirits - from Orpheus and Euridice (Gluck) (Ballet Music)
1 Dance of the Blessed Spirits - from Orpheus and Euridice
Gounod
March from Faust (Gounod) (Ballet Music)
1 March from Faust
Khachaturian
Spartacus - Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Khachaturian) (Ballet Music)
1 Main theme appears on the oboes after a quiet intro by the violins.
Massenet
Aragonaise from Le Cid (Massenet) (Ballet Music)
1 Aragonaise from Le Cid
Castillane from Le Cid (Massenet) (Ballet Music)
1 Main theme
Ponchielli
Dance of the Hours, from La Gioconda (Ponchielli) (Ballet Music)
1 Flutes, glockenspiel, and violins shimmer in the "Hours of dawn" (Le ore dell'aurora)
2 " Danza delle ore del giorno" (Dance of the hours of day). This is the tune everyone knows, on flutes and 1st violins.
3 "Sortano le ore della sera" with flutes and oboes playing a minor tune against pizzicato strings.
Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet Suite - Madrigal - Love theme (Prokofiev) (Ballet Music)
1 Romeo and Juliet Suite - Madrigal - Love theme
Rossini
Can Can, from La Boutique Fantasque Ballet (Rossini) (Ballet Music)
1 First theme
2 Second theme
Danse Cosaque, from La Boutique Fantasque Ballet (Rossini) (Ballet Music)
1 First theme
2 Second theme
Galop, from La Boutique Fantasque Ballet (Rossini) (Ballet Music)
1 Main theme
Mazurka, from La Boutique Fantasque Ballet (Rossini) (Ballet Music)
1 Main theme
Nocturne, from La Boutique Fantasque Ballet (Rossini) (Ballet Music)
1 Main tune
Overture, from La Boutique Fantasque Ballet (Rossini) (Ballet Music)
1 First theme
2 Second theme
3 Third theme
Tarantella, from La Boutique Fantasque Ballet (Rossini) (Ballet Music)
1 Main tune
Valse Lente, from La Boutique Fantasque Ballet (Rossini) (Ballet Music)
1 Main tune
Stravinsky
Firebird Suite - The Princess's Round Dance (Stravinsky) (Ballet Music)
1 Firebird Suite - The Princess's Round Dance
Rite of Spring - Adoration of the Earth (Stravinsky) (Ballet Music)
1 Rite of Spring - Adoration of the Earth
Tchaikovsky
Adagio - Pas D'Action - from Act 1, Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 Another sweeping melody on the high violins.
Arabian Dance, from Act 2, Nutcracker ballet (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 This mysterious tune is played by the clarinets, after 4 bars of muted low octaves on the cellos and violas.
2 This second tune is played by the violins, still mystic, in G minor key.
Chinese Dance, from Act 2, Nutcracker ballet. (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 After the bassoons set up a plodding, comic rhythmic background, the flute soars up with this tune.
Dance of the Reed Pipes from Act 2, Nutcracker Ballet (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 After a two-bar introductory um-pah from the pizzicato lower strings, this flute melody is played by three flutes in close harmony.
Dance of the Sugar Plum fairy from Act 2, Nutcracker ballet (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 This fairy-like theme is played on the celesta after 4 bars of pizzicato pianissimo chords from the strings.
Introduction and Dance of the Lilac Fairy (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 Main theme enters quietly, after a boisterous introduction by the full orchestra
March, from Act 1, Nutcracker ballet (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 This main theme is introduced by the trumpets and clarinets
Miniature Overture, from Nutcracker ballet (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 First theme, pianissimo, very light texture employing only violins and violas.
2 Second theme, cantabile on 1st violins, backed by syncopated pizzicato chords on 2nd violins and violas.
Neapolitan Song (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 Neapolitan Song
Panorama from Act 2, Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 The top melody divides each 6/8 bar into 3 crotchets, against the accompaniment in a regular 6/8 rhythm.
Swan Lake Act 1 - Waltz (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 Swan Lake Act 1 - Waltz,Introductory descending scale passage on strings
2 Main theme of waltz, on first violins.
Swan Lake Act 2 - Pas d'Action (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 Violin solo, main theme of this Pas D'Action after the harp introduction.
Swan Lake Act 2 - Scene (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 Swan Lake Act 2 - Scene
Swan Lake Act 2, Dance of the Swans (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 Swan Lake Act 2, Dance of the Swans
Swan Lake Act 3 - Hungarian Dance and Czardas (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 Stately processional theme introducing the dance, dominated by the brass.
2 The dance starts with a slow dramatic tune on the strings.
3 The dance speeds up energetically, with a flurrying tune on the violins.
Swan Lake Act 3 - Neopolitan Dance (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 Main trumpet theme of this Neopolitan Dance.
Swan Lake Act 4 - Finale (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 Finale starts with the sad theme of the 'Scene' and the ballet intro
Trepak, or Russian Dance, Act 2, Nutcracker ballet (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 This dance is introduced molto vivace by the strings and woodwinds.
Waltz of the Flowers (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 Opening tune on the woodwinds, interspersed with glittering harp arpeggios.
2 The main waltz tune, on french horns..
3 Second waltz theme, on violins, another knockout sweeping Tchaikovsky tune!
4 Third waltz theme, played by flutes and oboes, interspersed with gliding scales on the strings, and accompanied by the harp.
5 Fourth theme is played by cellos and violas, an animated expressive passage in the relative minor key.
Waltz, from Act 1, Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky) (Ballet Music)
1 Main waltz theme (after a brief introduction)
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