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The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик [a], romanized: Shchelkunchik, pronounced [ɕːɪɫˈkunʲt͡ɕɪk] ⓘ), Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a ballet-féerie; Russian: балет-феерия, romanized: balet-feyeriya) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll.
It produces music akin to a comb and paper, and is still manufactured as a toy. [1] [2] The eunuch flute's sound resembles that of a kazoo. The eunuch flute, unlike a kazoo, is held horizontally (basically a Horizontal Kazoo) against the mouth while the user vocalizes into the aperture.
Sheet music published in California between 1852 and 1900, along with related materials such as a San Francisco publisher's catalog of 1872, programs, songsheets, advertisements, and photographs. Images of every printed page of sheet music from eleven locations have been scanned at 400 dpi, in color where indicated. University of California ...
This relates to the previous comment. I came to this article specificially to find the meaning of mirliton, after seeing the "Dance of the Mirlitons" on Youtube (Tchaikowsky - Nutcracker Ballet: Dance of the Mirlitons - Kirov Ballet). I'm still wondering which, if any, of the meanings of mirliton in this article is relevant to the dance. Thanks.
A metal kazoo Other examples of kazoos. The kazoo is a musical instrument that adds a "buzzing" timbral quality to a player's voice when the player vocalizes into it. It is a type of mirliton (which itself is a membranophone), one of a class of instruments which modifies its player's voice by way of a vibrating membrane of goldbeater's skin or material with similar characteristics.
Mirliton may refer to: . Mirliton (military), a tall hat worn by hussars and other light cavalrymen in the 18th century Chayote, a pear-shaped vegetable or its vine; Eunuch flute, a musical instrument
Mirlitons, as the kazoo in the picture, are a special class of membranophone, and is the only class that does not consist of true drums. Tubular drums include a wide range of drum shapes all conforming to a "tube" shape, or generally, having a depth greater than the radius of the membrane.
Sheet music can be used as a record of, a guide to, or a means to perform, a song or piece of music. Sheet music enables instrumental performers who are able to read music notation (a pianist, orchestral instrument players, a jazz band, etc.) or singers to perform a song or piece. Music students use sheet music to learn about different styles ...