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Trapèze (Prokofiev)
''Trapèze'' (russian: Трапе́ция) is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev. Closely related to his Quintet, Op. 39 (1924), it contains eight movements (in five parts) and lasts 20–25 minutes. The complete ballet in eight movements was first performed in Gotha, a German town near Hanover, on 6 November 1925. Background In 1924, when Prokofiev was staying in Paris, a travelling troupe commissioned a chamber ballet from him. However, the ensemble that provided music accompaniment to the troupe only contained five members. This provided Prokofiev an opportunity to write more chamber music. His most recent chamber piece had been the ''Overture on Hebrew Themes'', Op. 34 (1919). Later, Prokofiev incorporated the ballet music into two pieces: Quintet, Op. 39 (1924) and Divertissement, Op. 43 (1925–29). Movements The ''Trapèze Ballet'', reconstructed in 2002, is in five parts and eight movements: # Overture ## Moderato, molto ritmato # "Matelote" ##Allegro # "The Ballerina" ## Tem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) 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. A graduate of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintet (Prokofiev)
Sergei Prokofiev's Quintet in G minor, Op. 39 is a piece of chamber music for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass, written in 1924. The quintet, closely related to Prokofiev's ballet, '' Trapèze'', contains six movements and lasts 20–25 minutes. Background In 1924, when Prokofiev was staying in Paris, a travelling troupe commissioned a chamber ballet from him. However, the ensemble that provided music accompaniment to the troupe only contained five members. This provided Prokofiev an opportunity to write more chamber music. His most recent chamber piece had been the '' Overture on Hebrew Themes'', Op. 34 (1919). Later, Prokofiev incorporated the ballet music into two pieces: Quintet, Op. 39 (1924) and Divertissement Op. 43 (1925–29). Movements #Tema con variazioni # Andante energico # Allegro sostenuto, ma con brio # Adagio pesante # Allegro precipitato, ma non troppo presto # Andantino The related ballet, '' Trapèze'', reconstructed in 2002, is in five movements: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotha
Gotha () is the fifth-largest city in Thuringia, Germany, west of Erfurt and east of Eisenach with a population of 44,000. The city is the capital of the district of Gotha and was also a residence of the Ernestine Wettins from 1640 until the end of monarchy in Germany in 1918. The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha originating here spawned many European rulers, including the royal houses of the United Kingdom, Belgium, Portugal (until 1910) and Bulgaria (until 1946). In the Middle Ages, Gotha was a rich trading town on the trade route ''Via Regia'' and between 1650 and 1850, Gotha saw a cultural heyday as a centre of sciences and arts, fostered by the dukes of Saxe-Gotha. The first duke, Ernest the Pious, was famous for his wise rule. In the 18th century, the ''Almanach de Gotha'' was first published in the city. The publisher Justus Perthes and the encyclopedist Joseph Meyer made Gotha a leading centre of German publishing around 1800. In the early 19th century, Gotha was a bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany after Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. Hanover's urban area comprises the towns of Garbsen, Langenhagen and Laatzen and has a population of about 791,000 (2018). The Hanover Region has approximately 1.16 million inhabitants (2019). The city lies at the confluence of the River Leine and its tributary the Ihme, in the south of the North German Plain, and is the largest city in the Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region. It is the fifth-largest city in the Low German dialect area after Hamburg, Dortmund, Essen and Bremen. Before it became the capital of Lower Saxony in 1946, Hannover was the capital of the Principality of Calenberg (1636–1692), the Electorate of Hanover (1692–1814), the Kingdom of Hannover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overture On Hebrew Themes
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 cello as much as solo clarinet. Until recently the chamber orchestra version had been the better known, being easily programmable by orchestras, while the original version (for six instruments) requires out-of-the-way planning on the part of a string quartet. But two recordings have drawn attention to the original: Michel Portal clarinet, Parrenin Quartet, Michel Béroff piano (1974); and Giora Feidman clarinet, Juilliard String Quartet, Yefim Bronfman piano (1994). Background Prokofiev arrived in New York in September 1918. Early in 1919, he was commissioned by a Russian sextet called the Zimro Ensemble, which had just arrived in Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divertissement (Prokofiev)
Sergei Prokofiev composed his Divertissement Op.43 for small orchestra. The work is closely related to his ballet, '' Trapèze''. He also made a piano transcription of the work with subtitles for each movement. Background Prokofiev wrote a ballet ''Trapèze'' on a theme of circus for the touring company Boris Romanov.Booklet for CD, Prokofiev: Prodigal Son Op.46, Chandos, CHAN8728. ''Trapèze'' was written for quintet to suit the small instrumental section of the company. In 1929, he adapted movements from the ballet as the first and third movements, combining them with the second movement which he had sketched the previous year and the finale originally composed for another ballet ''Prodigal Son'', to form a complete divertimento. Much of the score for ''Trapèze'' was adapted in his Quintet Op. 39. He transcribed Divertissement for piano solo, which was a fairy literal adaption of the orchestral version. He supplied subtitles for movements of divertimento for piano whereas the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempo
In musical terminology, tempo (Italian, 'time'; plural ''tempos'', or ''tempi'' from the Italian plural) is the speed or pace of a given piece. In classical music, tempo is typically indicated with an instruction at the start of a piece (often using conventional Italian terms) and is usually measured in beats per minute (or bpm). In modern classical compositions, a "metronome mark" in beats per minute may supplement or replace the normal tempo marking, while in modern genres like electronic dance music, tempo will typically simply be stated in BPM. Tempo may be separated from articulation and meter, or these aspects may be indicated along with tempo, all contributing to the overall texture. While the ability to hold a steady tempo is a vital skill for a musical performer, tempo is changeable. Depending on the genre of a piece of music and the performers' interpretation, a piece may be played with slight tempo rubato or drastic variances. In ensembles, the tempo is often ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ballets By Title
__NOTOC__ The following is a list of ballets with entries in English Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by ballet title, with the name of the composer (or the composer whose music the ballet is set to) and the year of the first performance. Alphabetical listing 1 * ''2 and 3 Part Inventions'', to music by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1994 A * ''A Folk Tale'', Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann and Niels W. Gade, 1854 * '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'', to music by Felix Mendelssohn, 1964 * '' A Month in the Country'', to music by Frédéric Chopin, 1976 * ''A Suite of Dances'', to music by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1994 * ''A Tragedy of Fashion'', to music by Eugene Aynsley Goossens, 1926 * ''Adam Zero'', Arthur Bliss, 1946 * '' Adams Violin Concerto'', to music by John Adams, 1995 * ''Adagio Hammerklavier'', to music by Ludwig van Beethoven, 1973 * ''Afternoon of a Faun (Nijinsky)'', to music by Claude Debussy, 1912 * '' Afternoon of a Faun (Robbins)'', to music by Claude D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compositions By Sergei Prokofiev
This is a list of musical compositions by the 20th-century Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. By genre Operas *'' The Giant'' (1900) *'' On Desert Islands'' (1900; unfinished) *''A Feast in Time of Plague'' (1903, rev. 1908–09; unfinished) *''Undina'' (1904–07) *'' Maddalena'', Op. 13 (1911–13; unfinished) *'' Igrok'' ''(The Gambler)'', Op. 24 (1915–16, rev. 1927); after Fyodor Dostoevsky *''The Love for Three Oranges'', Op. 33 (1919) *'' The Fiery Angel'', Op. 37 (1919–27) *''Semyon Kotko'', Op. 81 (1939) *''Betrothal in a Monastery'', Op. 86 (1940–41) *''War and Peace'', Op. 91 (1941–52); after Leo Tolstoy *'' Khan Buzay'' (1942; unfinished) *''The Story of a Real Man'', Op. 117 (1947–48) *'' Distant Seas'' (1948; unfinished) Ballets * '' Ala i Lolli'', Op. 20 (1914–15), mostly incorporated into '' Scythian Suite'' (see below) * ''Chout / The Tale of the Buffoon'', Op. 21 (1915, rev. 1920) * ''Trapeze'', Op. 39 (1924), mostly incorporated into Quintet, Op. 39 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballets By Sergei Prokofiev
This is a list of musical compositions by the 20th-century Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. By genre Operas *'' The Giant'' (1900) *'' On Desert Islands'' (1900; unfinished) *''A Feast in Time of Plague'' (1903, rev. 1908–09; unfinished) *''Undina'' (1904–07) *'' Maddalena'', Op. 13 (1911–13; unfinished) *'' Igrok'' ''(The Gambler)'', Op. 24 (1915–16, rev. 1927); after Fyodor Dostoevsky *''The Love for Three Oranges'', Op. 33 (1919) *'' The Fiery Angel'', Op. 37 (1919–27) *''Semyon Kotko'', Op. 81 (1939) *''Betrothal in a Monastery'', Op. 86 (1940–41) *''War and Peace'', Op. 91 (1941–52); after Leo Tolstoy *'' Khan Buzay'' (1942; unfinished) *''The Story of a Real Man'', Op. 117 (1947–48) *'' Distant Seas'' (1948; unfinished) Ballets * '' Ala i Lolli'', Op. 20 (1914–15), mostly incorporated into '' Scythian Suite'' (see below) * ''Chout / The Tale of the Buffoon'', Op. 21 (1915, rev. 1920) * ''Trapeze'', Op. 39 (1924), mostly incorporated into Quintet, Op. 39 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th-century Classical Music
20th-century classical music describes art music that was written nominally from 1901 to 2000, inclusive. Musical style diverged during the 20th century as it never had previously. So this century was without a dominant style. Modernism, impressionism, and post-romanticism can all be traced to the decades before the turn of the 20th century, but can be included because they evolved beyond the musical boundaries of the 19th-century styles that were part of the earlier common practice period. Neoclassicism and expressionism came mostly after 1900. Minimalism started much later in the century and can be seen as a change from the modern to post-modern era, although some date post-modernism from as early as about 1930. Aleatory, atonality, serialism, '' musique concrète'', electronic music, and concept music were all developed during the century. Jazz and ethnic folk music became important influences on many composers during this century. History At the turn of the century, music was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 Ballet Premieres
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