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    A famous piece of music, associated with Christmas, is often regarded as the first orchestral part to be written for a particular musical instrument. Given that it isn't sleighbells, what is the piece and the instrument?

    Question #61294. Asked by gmackematix. (Dec 28 05 9:08 PM)


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    Dec 29 05, 1:05 AM
    Sondheim

    		The instrument is the celesta. The piece is "The Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy" from Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker", composed in 1892, just a few years after its invention.

    Dec 29 05, 2:57 AM
    Arpeggionist

    		Why is that piece associated with Christmas?

    Dec 29 05, 4:59 AM
    gmackematix

    		Yay, Sondheim!
    It's from a famous ballet set in the Christmas period and often performed at Christmas:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker

    Dec 29 05, 9:55 AM

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