A suite based on this ballet includes “characteristic dances” such as a Trepak and Dance of the Mirlitons. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ballet which features a notable A major harp cadenza in its Waltz of the Flowers.
ANSWER: The Nutcracker [or Shchelkunchik; accept The Nutcracker Suite]
[10e] The Nutcracker is by this Russian composer, whose other ballets include Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake.
ANSWER: Pyotr Iliych Tchaikovsky
[10h] This instrument plays the melody of The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. Béla Bartók included this idiophone in the score of a piece titled Music for Strings, Percussion and [this instrument].
ANSWER: celesta [or celeste; accept bell-piano; accept Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta]
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