The Nutcracker Ballet

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1. Who created the music to the Nutcracker? Delibes Mozart Tchaikovsky Strauss

2. Which German romantic writer created the story upon which the Nutcracker ballet was based? Schiller Friedrich Hoffman Herder

3. The Nutcracker opera was based on 'King Rene's Daughter' by which Danish dramatist? Aasen Werner Herz Schade

4. The Nutcracker ballet marked the first use of what instrument in an orchestral score? Hurdy gurdy Harpsichord Accordian Celesta

5. The main character of the Nutcracker is a little girl named Clara who receives a Nutcracker from a mysterious individual. What is his name? Drosselmeyer Weill Sternberger Von Dietrich

6. What is the name of Clara's naughty brother who breaks her beloved gift? Fritz Werner Hans Gustav

7. A death occurs in the Nutcracker ballet. True or False? True False

8. Which of the following is not a dance of the Nutcracker? Spanish Chinese Indian Arabian

9. What is the name of the Russian dance, the traditional dance of the Cossacks? Voltok Stuvik Trepak Kulak

10. Who dances with the Nutcracker Prince in the Pas de Deux? Mother Goose Irina Sugar-Plum Fairy The Snow Queen