Sergei prokofiev biography summary graphic organizers

Sergei Prokofiev began as a precocious prankster, developed into a fiery young modernist, and finally became a deeper, more emotional barometer of the artistic upheavals of Soviet Russia. In Peter and the Wolf he is the supreme characteriser of animals, in The Love for Three Oranges a madcap fantasist, and in Romeo and Juliet a master of ballet music.

One of the twentieth century’s most inventive figures, his many other facets are only gradually being appreciated. As a child Prokofiev wrote short piano pieces for the birthdays and name days of his family. When he joined the St Petersburg Conservatoire, aged just 13, these miniatures morphed into his first published pieces.

His first opera was composed when he was only 10. A children’s show called The Giant (1900), it was rather hit and miss. Seventeen years later another opera marked his maturity.

Sergei prokofiev biography summary graphic organizers

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