Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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
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.
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 ...
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 ...
An LGBTQ group in Ecuador tapped into a $25,000 from a Biden State Department grant to produce a two-day drag workshop intended to promote diversity and inclusion abroad.
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.
From January 2008 to April 2011, if you bought shares in companies when William C. Steere, Jr. joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -2.9 percent return on your investment, compared to a -7.3 percent return from the S&P 500.