The Nutcracker Highlights. Full Score Sheet Music. 14 select movements. Ballet in 2 Acts. Op. 71. Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Composed February 1891 – April 1892. Arranged by Douglas T. Clyde. Published by ALBEDO MUSIC. © 2016 ALBEDO MUSIC. The Nutcracker, Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child’s imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll. Contents: Overture, March, Grandfather Waltz, Waltz of the Snowflakes, Spanish Dance, Arabian Dance, Chinese Dance, Russian Dance, Dance of the Reed Flutes, Mother Ginger and Her Children, Waltz of the Flowers, Tarantella, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Final Waltz and Apotheosis. 179 pages. High quality black and white print. 80 pound white paper. Spiral bound.