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Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) · The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (1892)

2:18

Doseedo AI orchestra · PDMX edition · 2:18

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Rights and use

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in 1893, so the composition is in the public domain in the US and in the countries that protect a work for its author’s life plus 70 years. The edition this recording plays (PDMX) is released under CC0, so the notes carry no conditions either. Open it in Score Studio to time it to your video: the render you make there is yours to use, in an ad too (Terms §6.3).

The facts

Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
From
The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (1892)
Form
Opera & ballet
Period
Romantic
Length
2:18
In this recording
Flute, Celesta, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double bass, Oboe, English horn, Clarinet, Bassoon, French horn
Edition
PDMX · source · CC0
Also known as
Danse de la Fée Dragée · Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)

About the piece

Tchaikovsky wrote the Sugar Plum Fairy’s dance for the second act of The Nutcracker, first staged at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg in December 1892. Its melody is played on the celesta, a keyboard of struck metal plates Tchaikovsky had heard in Paris and kept secret until the premiere.

Quiet, glassy and a little mischievous, it is the sound of snow globes, toy shops and late-night wrapping: the most licensed few bars of the Christmas season.

Sounds delicate, sparkling, playful · Cuts well to gift guides, toy and beauty reveals, snowy product shots

Editions

Every score of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in the catalogue. Each plays the same piece from a different engraving; the MIDI is the edition itself.

FAQ

Is Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy royalty-free?

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in 1893, so the composition is in the public domain in the US and in the countries that protect a work for its author’s life plus 70 years. The edition this recording plays (PDMX) is released under CC0, so the notes carry no conditions either.

Can I use Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in an ad?

Yes. Open it in Score Studio, time it to your video and render it; you own the render you make (Terms §6.3), so it can go in a commercial, a social ad or a film.

How do I fit Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy to my video’s length?

Press “Time it to your video”: Score Studio opens with the piece loaded. Upload your cut and the composer times it to picture — where it starts, where it lands on a cut, how it ends — and can re-render it to fit.

Who plays this recording?

Doseedo’s AI orchestra: every part of the score played by its own instrument model, then mixed. It is a rendering of the score, not a recording of an orchestra.

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