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, ...

's Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Major, Opus 38, was written at

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near

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in the

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during the composer's stay there in 1923. He would revise it thirty years later, at the end of his life, but not drastically, as his Opus 135, and it is this version that is usually played. The work is dedicated it to Pierre Souvtchinski, a

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and friend. All eight of Prokofiev's other piano sonatas were written in Russia. The revisions to this piece, made in 1952–53 in Russia, are mostly in the last movement.Boris Berman, ''Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas: A Guide for the Listener and the Performer'' (Yale University Press, 2008), pp. 103–104.

Movements

# Allegro tranquillo # Andantino # Un poco allegretto

References

External links

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Video – Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 – Complete (16:27).
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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, p ...

Piano Sonata No 5 in C major, Opus 38 (1923).
Video – Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 (1923) mvt 1 (05:36).

Video – Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 (1923) mvt 2 (03:56).

Video – Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 (1923) mvt 3 (04:38).
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Piano Sonata No 5 in C major, Opus 135 (1952–53).
Video – Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 (1952-53) mvt 1 (06:22).

Video – Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 (1952-53) mvt 2 (04:41).

Video – Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 (1952-53) mvt 3 (05:32).
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