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The name was Prokofiev's own; the music is in a style that, according to Prokofiev, Joseph Haydn would have used if he were alive at the time. [56] The music is more or less Classical in style but incorporates more modern musical elements (see Neoclassicism ).
Prokofiev's own style is noticeable in the way the themes step upward or downward into the neighboring keys before returning to the first one. This is especially true of the second theme of the first movement and of the gavotte. [4] Prokofiev wrote the symphony on holiday in the country, using it as an exercise in composing away from the piano. [5]
Based on a synopsis created by Adrian Piotrovsky (who first suggested the subject to Prokofiev) [1] and Sergey Radlov, the ballet was composed by Prokofiev in September 1935 to their scenario which followed the precepts of "drambalet" (dramatised ballet, officially promoted at the Kirov Ballet to replace works based primarily on choreographic display and innovation). [2]
Prokofiev utilized Kabardino-Balkar folk themes in his string quartet, while at the same retaining his unique style of harmonization. The folk music character is made evident by the string quartet's imitation of oriental plucked and percussion instruments, combined with resourceful use of sonic effects.
Sergei Prokofiev, ca. 1918. This is a list of musical compositions by the 20th-century Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. By genre. Operas. The Giant (1900)
The opera as a whole is a contrast to some of Prokofiev’s earlier operas (such as his opera The Love for Three Oranges) just by being a tragedy, and the story was considered very appropriate for Prokofiev’s dark and sarcastic style. Prokofiev faced several challenges during the production of the opera.
Offbeat operas have been some of the Salzburg Festival’s best in recent years, the latest a colorful, outlandish and entertaining staging of Sergei Prokofiev’s “The Gambler” by director ...
Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 7 in B ♭ major, Op. 83 (occasionally called the "Stalingrad") [citation needed] is a sonata for solo piano, the second of the three "War Sonatas", composed in 1942.