Artist: Peter Iljitsj Tsjaikovski
Author: Peter Iljitsj Tsjaikovski
Year: 1892
In Act II of ballet suite The Nutcracker. French name: Danse des mirlitons. Created in the Mariinski Theatre in Saint Petersburg. First recording: London Palace Orch. conducted by Herman Finck (1909).
Covers:
Leopold Stokowski [in Disney film Fantasia]
Duke Ellington [as Toot Toot Tootie Toot]
Madonna [inspiration for Dark Ballet]
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