
Les Sylphides (This is a list of the works used in Les Sylphides from Wikipedia.La Source (Act I and Act III only, Ludwig Minkus).The Four Seasons (Verdi) from I Vespri Siciliani (The ballet is on pages 89–126).Much harder than Tchaikovsky’s but has a lot more detail that is useful, especially in the snow pas de deux, for example. Tchaikovsky’s original piano score, the one you are probably familiar with already.But the 1877 score linked above also includes the music for Balanchine‘ s Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux and the full Danse Russe (from the current RAD Grade 8) as an appendix. This is in Act 1 in 1877, and Act 3 in 1895. Notes: The 1895 version is in the order most people know today, and includes the female solos for white and black swan pas deux. Swan Lake main page – including links to the full score.Below are a few useful direct links to ballet scores: Tchaikovsky ballets There are full orchestral scores and parts for many works, as well as piano solo and chamber music. You can search and browse the site by composer, style, genre, period, nationality and many other ways. IMSLP has more than 250,000 scores that you download for free and more music is uploaded every day – so check back if you can’t find what you need. International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP).We’ve put together a list of some of the best sites, with direct links to the most famous ballet scores. There are many sites that have free classical music that you can use in ballet classes. But many of the most famous ballet scores such as Swan Lake, Giselle, The Nutcracker and Coppélia are free to download and print because they are out of copyright. Ballet music and music for ballet classes is a specialist repertoire that is hard to find in general music stores.
