![]() ![]() Text and illustrations were obtained from HathiTrust. Its annual performance has become a Christmas tradition in many venues. The 1845 adaptation by Alexandre Dumas père, The History of the Nutcracker, was the basis for the famed and beloved Nutcracker ballet by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, scored by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Dark undertones hover around the sometimes oddly sinister Godfather Drosselmeier. ![]() Young Mary Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes to life, and after defeating the evil seven-headed Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (German: Nussknacker und Mausekonig) was written in 1816. This translation is in the public domain in countries where copyright is Life+90 or less, and in the USA.Įrnst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, German Romantic writer, composer, and artist, is known for his stories in which supernatural and sinister characters move in and out of mens lives, ironically revealing tragic or grotesque sides of human nature. The illustrations and the original German text of this story are in the public domain worldwide because the creators died more than 100 years ago. Translated from the German by Ascott Robert Hope (1846≡927) #1 �GrannyGrump 12-31-2015, 01:01 AMNutcracker and Mouse King by E.T.A. ![]()
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