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In the introduction to the Nutcracker Suite sequence in Disney's Fantasia, Deems Taylor says that while the suite is familiar, the ballet it is abridged from is no longer widely performed. When and why did it fall out of fashion, and when and why did it resurface later in the 20th century?

by /u/LibraryLass in /r/AskHistorians

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