Noteworthy Sheet Music Publishes Rupert’s Arrangement of “The Nutcracker” for Flute and Harp

Flutists and harpists will love this edition of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” arranged by harpist Mary Jane Rupert. Available as a pdf from Noteworthy Sheet Music, this arrangement is a great program addition, especially during the holidays.
 
 
Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" arranged for flute and harp by Mary Jane Rupert
Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" arranged for flute and harp by Mary Jane Rupert
SOMERVILLE, Mass. - July 23, 2013 - PRLog -- “The Nutcracker” ballet premièred in December of 1892 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.  The score was written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and has become one of the composer’s most famous works, particularly those pieces extracted from the ballet that are included in his Suite from the Ballet, Op. 71a.  The Nutcracker is enormously popular in the United States, where it is performed across the nation by professional ballet companies as well as by countless amateur groups, especially during the Christmas holiday season.

Noteworthy Sheet Music, LLC (NSM) has just published Mary Jane Rupert’s arrangement of “The Nutcracker” suite for flute and harp.  The NSM publication was revised from the print edition first published in 1988, and is available as a convenient PDF download from the NSM website at http://www.noteworthysheetmusic.com/nsm/products-a-services/flute-wmixed-ensembles/130-tchaikovsky-the-nutcracker-flute-a-harp.  This beautifully notated new edition includes all of the pieces from the original Suite Op.71a from the ballet by Tchaikovsky, except the Overture.  Flutists and harpists will be delighted with Dr. Rupert’s outstanding arrangements of these perennially popular pieces:  March, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Trepak (Russian Dance), Arab Dance, Chinese Dance, Dance of the Reed Flutes, and Waltz of the Flowers.  Professionals, students, and amateur musicians should all find uses for these gems—as encores, recital pieces, and as part of the repertoire for more informal musical occasions.  A flute and piano arrangement of “The Nutcracker” by Dr. Rupert also is available from NSM.

Mary Jane Rupert, pianist and harpist, has performed as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player in many groups in the Boston area throughout the past three decades.  At the American Harp Society's National Conference in Boston she was a soloist, and with flutist Peter Bloom in their duo"2" (http://www.chamber-music.org/member/2) (as pianist and harpist) she has toured the United States, Thailand, and New Zealand.  She has played with such groups as the Southcoast Chamber Players, Musica Sacra, the Cecilia Society and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra.  Educated at Oberlin College and Indiana University, Ms. Rupert earned a B.M. in piano, M.M. degrees in both harp and piano, and a doctorate in piano performance.  Having taught at Western Michigan University, Oberlin College, and Wellesley College, she now maintains a private studio for both piano and harp in Cambridge, MA.

Noteworthy Sheet Music, LLC is an online sheet music publishing enterprise with a catalog of over 100 editions, most of which are unavailable from other sources.  NSM specializes in, but is not limited to, sheet music for flute and alto flute. They offer original contemporary works by distinguished American composers, facsimile editions of rare historical scores, and unique transcriptions of pieces from the classical repertoire.  NSM’s publications are all available as convenient pdf downloads from the NSM website.  Visit www.NoteworthySheetMusic.com for additional information about The Nutcracker and other NSM catalog listings.  New sheet music offerings are uploaded regularly, along with preview pages, contemporary composer biographies, useful links, reviews and articles.

Summer may be in full season now, but the yuletide holidays will be here before we know it.  Audiences know and love “The Nutcracker” melodies, and performers will surely win new fans with Mary Jane Rupert’s outstanding arrangements of these favorite pieces for flute and harp or flute and piano.
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