Instrumentation
Swan Lake is scored for the typical late 19th-century large orchestra:
- Strings: violins I and II; violas, violoncellos; double basses
- Woodwinds: piccolo; 2 flutes; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets in B♭, A and C; 2 bassoons
- Brass: 4 horns in F; 2 cornets in A and B♭; 2 trumpets in F, D, and E; 3 trombones (2 tenor, 1 bass); tuba
- Percussion: timpani; snare drum; cymbals; bass drum; triangle; tambourine; castanets; tam-tam; glockenspiel
- Other: harp
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