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Cinderella (Russian: Золушка, tr. Zolushka; French: Cendrillon) Op. 87, is a ballet composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception.
Suite from Cinderella No. 1: 1946 108 Suite from Cinderella No. 2: 1946 109 Suite from Cinderella No. 3: 1946 110 Waltz Suite, six waltzes for orchestra 1946 111 Symphony No. 6 in E ♭ minor 1945–47 112 Symphony No. 4 in C major (revised version) 1947 113 Thirty Years, festive poem for orchestra 1947 114 Flourish, Mighty Land, cantata 1947 115
Sergei Prokofiev composed and compiled his Waltz Suite, Op. 110, during the Soviet Union's post-Great Patriotic War period of 1946–1947.. In creating this work for the concert hall, the composer drew upon waltzes previously written for three of his most recent works for the stage and screen: the opera War and Peace (completed circa 1943–1944 but not yet premiered at that time); the ballet ...
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Sergei Prokofiev wrote the Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34, in 1919 while he was in the United States. It is scored for the rare combination of clarinet , string quartet and piano . Fifteen years later the composer prepared a version for chamber orchestra, his “Op. 34 bis” or Op. 34a, retaining a separate part for piano but featuring solo ...
The period setting of the film appealed to Prokofiev; Robinson comments that the Kijé score is one of several works, including the Classical Symphony, The Love of Three Oranges, Cinderella, and War and Peace, that show "the composer's fondness for the eighteenth century". [21]
The first five were short ballets, written when he was in the West. The last three (Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, and The Tale of the Stone Flower), were written when he returned to live in Russia, with each of them lasting for about 2 hours.
Gravestone of Asafiev at the Novodevichy Cemetery. Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev [a] (29 July [O.S. 17 July] 1884 – 27 January 1949; also known by pseudonym Igor Glebov) [b] was a Russian and Soviet composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic and one of founders of Soviet musicology.