Analyzing Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty

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Pursuing this further, Romeo and Juliet was not the only story that Tchaikovsky had made music for. Another is sleeping beauty written by Charles Perrault in 1697. It is hard to find any people who do not know of or heard of the story of Sleeping Beauty, which is of a princess, who on her ……. Birthday falls into a deep slumber during which an evil witch takes over until she is awaken by true loves first kiss. Tchaikovsky was put on commission by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, Director of the Imperial Theatres in Russia during his time to compose music for a libretto that was put into a ballet performed in late 1889 or early 1890 (Green). People that chave seen the ballet can hear Tchaikovsky’s musical style inside. Contributor to the New York Times, Anna Kisselgolf stated that the artistic director had made a “conscious tribute to Tchaikovsky - especially the fusion of Russian and Western influences in the music” and that it “stresses Tchaikovsky's Russian roots under an international veneer” (Kisselgolf).
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Since it’s this orchestration was heard in the first movie, it has become the Harry Potter series musical tag line. Hewdig’s theme in the beginning starts out “with a solo that combines synthesized and real sounds of the celeste, a keyboard instrument whose keys strike metal bars that sound like small bells” (Film Music Notes). This slow introduction of Hewdig’s theme reminds some people of the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Tchaikovsky because they both start out with the celeste that sets an enchanting sound and opens you up to magical world. Diving deeper into this

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