Why did Tchaikovsky write Sleeping Beauty?

Answer 1

He was commissioned to do it for the Ballet that was to be made. The original story is by Hoffman. He didn't write the Nutcracker Suite. He composed the ballet The Nutcracker to a story by E. T. A. Hoffmann. The orchestra plays this music to accompany the ballet dancers on stage. For concert use, several catchy dances were grouped into a short orchestral program called a suite.

Answer 2

The exact origins on how and why the ballet Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky was composed is not known and is disputed. Here are some popular ideas...

*It was inspired by the lyrically romantic idea of swans in Russian sources.

*The ballet took light from a German story.

*Movements were inspired by Slavonic ring-dances.

*To use the lietmotif of Swans (think The Swan's Song) into a beautiful ballet.

*To re-create some of the music from his abandoned "The Voyevoda" (1868) Opera.

*Two relatives of Tchaikovsky (niece and nephew) say that Tachaikovsky created the ballet "The Lake of the Swans" with them in 1871.

*Inspiration came from the Russian folktale "The White Duck".

*Tchaikovsky was said to have been interested in Ludwig II (Bavarian King), who sign - along with the mark of his demise - was the Swan. It is often commonly believed that Prince Seigfreid (dreamer) was modeled after him on some level.

second answer

Tchaikovsky was commissioned by Vladimir Petrovich Begichev in 1875 to write the music for the ballet. He was paid 800 rubles for the score, which included music he had written for a little ballet for his niece and nephew in 1871. The ballet was premiered at the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow in 1877.

Answer 3

Tchaikovsky originally wrote Sleeping Beauty as a ballet in a prologue and three acts. The ballet was first performed in 1890.

Answer 4

It was an old story, and he set it to music

Answer 5

Cuz why not