ballet score
Choreographed performance soundtrack
A ballet score is the musical composition written to accompany a ballet performance.
The score provides the rhythmic and emotional foundation for choreography—composers like Tchaikovsky created iconic ballet scores for Swan Lake and The Nutcracker.
The term can refer to the written notation or a recorded performance of such music.
- classical musicWestern orchestral tradition
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- pas de deuxBallet for two dancers
- orchestrationScoring for instrumental ensemble
harmony · instrumentation · orchestra pit · dynamics · pointe work · dance notation · tempo · phrasing · leitmotif · coda · Stravinsky · composer · principal dancer · rehearsal · live performance · opening night · curtain call · overture
- compositionssymphony, concerto, sonata, suite, overture
- Opera Worldopera, Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, Mozart
- classical music termspiano concerto, violin concerto, concerto, sonata, tone poem
- Ballet SuitesNutcracker Suite, Firebird Suite
- sheet musicsheet music, treble clef, notes, bass clef, rests
- theater materialsplaybill, theater program, playscript, program, concert program
ballet scoresymphony
Extended composition for orchestra
symphonic poem · chamber music · string quartet · piano sonata · oratorio
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