Sergei Sergeievitch Prokofiev
Born: 23rd April 1891, Sontsivka
Died: 5th March 1953, Moscow
Nationality: Russian
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who later worked in the Soviet Union. As the creator of acknowledged masterpieces across numerous music genres, he is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. His works include such widely heard pieces as the March from The Love for Three Oranges, the suite Lieutenant Kijé, the ballet Romeo and Juliet—from which "Dance of the Knights" is taken—and Peter and the Wolf. Of the established forms and genres in which he worked, he created—excluding juvenilia—seven completed operas, seven symphonies, eight ballets, five piano concertos, two violin concertos, a cello concerto, a symphony-concerto for cello and orchestra, and nine completed piano sonatas.
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Popular Works: Prokofiev
- Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78 (46)
- Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119 (115)
- Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35b (68)
- Flute Sonata in D major, Op. 94 (69)
- Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 (65)
- Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 (53)
- Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (142)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10 (106)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 (97)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 (155)
- Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 53 (45)
- Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, Op. 55 (68)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 1 (38)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14 (107)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 (95)
- Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29 (61)
- Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 (133)
- Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 83 (169)
- Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84 (118)
- Piano Sonata No. 9 in C major, Op. 103 (49)
- Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (52)
- Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 - excerpts (56)
- Sarcasms (5), Op. 17 (39)
- Scythian Suite, Op. 20 (63)
- Sinfonia Concertante in E minor for cello & orchestra, Op. 125 (64)
- Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56 (48)
- Sonata in D major for solo violin, Op. 115 (59)
- Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 'Classical' (179)
- Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 (42)
- Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44 (44)
- Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100 (142)
- Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor, Op. 111 (46)
- Symphony No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 131 (49)
- The Love for Three Oranges: March (64)
- Toccata in D minor, Op. 11 (94)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 (131)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 (140)
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 (131)
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a (131)
- Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (73)
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