Prokofiev
"Peter and Wolf" composer
Prokofiev refers to Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953), a Russian composer and pianist widely regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century.
His work spans ballet, opera, symphony, and concerto, with pieces like *Peter and the Wolf*, *Romeo and Juliet*, and *Lieutenant Kijé* remaining staples of the classical repertoire.
His style combines modernist dissonance with lyrical, sometimes playful melodic lines.
The orchestra performed Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony.
Tragedy of rival households
- Peter and the WolfOrchestral fairy tale for children
- CinderellaRags-to-riches heroine
- War and PeaceOpposing states of nations
- Symphony No. 5Iconic orchestral work
Exceptionally gifted youngster
- émigréOne who left home
- piano virtuosoMaster of the keys
- chess playerOne who moves pieces strategically
Soviet autocrat, mid-century
- denunciationFormal public accusation
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- patriotic musicSongs expressing national pride
- ShostakovichSoviet orchestral composer
- EisensteinRevolutionary Soviet filmmaker
- RichterSeismological scale eponym
Pioneering twentieth-century dance company
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- pas de deuxBallet for two dancers
- BolshoiMoscow's grand theater
- JulietFemale name, phonetic J
fairy tale · dramatic narrative · leitmotif · pantomime · adagio
Movement emulating antiquity's forms
- lyricismExpressive, melodic quality
- dissonanceLack of harmony
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
Romeo and Juliet
Tragedy of rival households
- Peter and the WolfOrchestral fairy tale for children
- CinderellaRags-to-riches heroine
- War and PeaceOpposing states of nations
child prodigy
Exceptionally gifted youngster
- émigréOne who left home
- piano virtuosoMaster of the keys
- chess playerOne who moves pieces strategically
Stalin
Soviet autocrat, mid-century
- denunciationFormal public accusation
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- propagandaBiased information for influence
Stravinsky
- ShostakovichSoviet orchestral composer
- EisensteinRevolutionary Soviet filmmaker
- RichterSeismological scale eponym
Ballets Russes
Pioneering twentieth-century dance company
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- pas de deuxBallet for two dancers
- BolshoiMoscow's grand theater
Juliet · fairy tale · dramatic narrative · leitmotif · pantomime · adagio
neoclassicism
Movement emulating antiquity's forms
- lyricismExpressive, melodic quality
- dissonanceLack of harmony
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- ComposersBach, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Haydn
- European MusiciansBach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms
- Russian CultureBolshoi, matryoshka, Kremlin, Hermitage, balalaika
- Classical Pianopiano, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin
- Modern ClassicalStravinsky, Schoenberg, Bartok, Shostakovich, Copland
- Russian ArtistsTchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Rimsky-Korsakov, Pushkin, Chekhov
ProkofievIgor Stravinsky