Danse Des Mirlitons/Dance of the Reed-Flutes/Marzipan (Nutcracker) Sheet Music

The Danse Des Mirlitons is a piece from the ballet The Nutcracker, written by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky. There are several alternate names for the piece:

Dance Of The Reed-Flutes
Dance of the Reed-Pipes

The Nutcracker is one of the most performed ballets, and is considered part of the standard ballet repertoire. The ballet, including the piece “Danse Des Mirlitons”, was premiered in 1892 at the world-famous Marrinski Theatre in St Petersburg. Many of the pieces featured in the Nutcracker have become famous in their own right. Tchaikovsky himself arranged the pieces into a separate suite:

I Ouverture miniature
II. Danses charactéristiques
Marche
Danse de la Fée Dragée
Danse russe Trepak
Danse arabe
Danse chinoise
Danse des mirlitons
III. Valse des fleurs