Arabian Dance

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Arabian Dance is a sensuous, exotic-style character piece from Tchaikovsky’s ballet *The Nutcracker*, often featuring sinuous melodies and evocative orchestration.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Arabian Dance canonical 3
Arabian Dance from The Nutcracker 1
Danse arabe 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet excerpt
character piece
dance movement
orchestral piece
alsoKnownAs Arabian Dance (Coffee)
linked to: Kahwa

Arabian Dance from The Nutcracker
linked to: Arabian Dance

Coffee
Danse arabe
linked to: Arabian Dance
associatedCharacter personification of coffee
associatedWith Act II of The Nutcracker
belongsTo Romantic-era repertoire
composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
culturalContext 19th-century European exoticism
firstPerformanceContext original production of The Nutcracker in 1892
followedBy Chinese Dance (Tea)
follows Spanish Dance (Chocolate)
genre ballet music
hasDanceStyle slow, undulating movements
hasForm ternary-like sectional form
languageOfTitle English
French
movementNumber 8
notableInstrument English horn
bassoon
clarinet
harp
muted strings
oboe
orchestrationFeature evocative orchestration
muted strings
orientalist color
prominent woodwinds
sinuous melodies
partOf Divertissement in Act II of The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
style exotic
sensuous
theme Orientalist depiction of the Middle East
typicalMood dreamy
mysterious
sensual
typicalTempo slow
usedIn The Nutcracker orchestral suite arrangements
linked to: The Nutcracker

adaptations for solo piano
arrangements for small ensembles
concert performances of The Nutcracker selections
workFrom The Nutcracker, Op. 71

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 hasPart Arabian Dance
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 notableMovement Arabian Dance
Arabian Dance alsoKnownAs Danse arabe
linked to: Arabian Dance
Arabian Dance alsoKnownAs Arabian Dance from The Nutcracker
linked to: Arabian Dance
Щелкунчик содержитНомер «Арабский танец»
linked to: Arabian Dance