Skip to content
← All composers

Composer in the library

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

From “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”, measure 1.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is represented here through music from the Romantic period. His melodic writing spans ballet, symphony, song, and character pieces. The library currently includes 4 pieces by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Pieces in the library

  1. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

    An advanced piece from the Romantic period, in E minor, and about 2 minutes to play.

    Open score
  2. March: Song of the Lark

    An upper-intermediate piece from the Romantic period, in G minor, and about 1 minute and 13 seconds to play.

    The third movement ("March") of Tchaikovsky's The Seasons, Op. 37a (1876), a set of twelve character pieces each depicting a month of the Russian year -- this one, subtitled "Song of the Lark," represents March with a wistful, ornamented birdsong motif over a steady walking accompaniment.

    Open score
  3. Swan Lake — Theme

    An early-intermediate piece from the Romantic period, in B minor, and about 1 minute to play.

    Open score
  4. Waltz of the Flowers (from The Nutcracker)

    An intermediate piece from the Romantic period, in D major, and about 1 minute to play.

    Open score