The Music of Sergei Prokofiev (Composers of the Twentieth Century Serie) [Hardcover]

Dr. Neil Minturn (Author)

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Series: Composers of the Twentieth Century Serie | Publication Date: May 29, 1997

This work is a comprehensive analytical study of the music of Sergei Prokofiev. Neil Minturn sets the Russian composer's work in historical, cultural, and autobiographical context and examines a representative sampling of his compositions from a theoretical point of view. Minturn finds a central theme of Prokofiev's oeuvre to be the interplay between tradition and innovation. He discusses the composer's diverse compositional procedures (tonal versus "modern" devices), as well as the political and cultural influences on Prokofiev's works. Minturn shows how the contents and structure of individual pieces and movements took shape, how Prokofiev developed the notion of five musical lines, and how the idea of the "wrong note" in his music plays out. A constant harmonic and rhythmic sense permeates Prokofiev's evolving style, as measured by relatively "harmonic" or "contrapuntal" emphasis. Minturn analyses works for piano, orchestra, various chamber ensembles, and voice (including the opera, "The Gambler") and considers works in each category from various periods in Prokofiev's career. For readers with an interest in a particular work, the analyses stand alone and need not be read sequentially.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press (May 29, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300063660
ISBN-13: 978-0300063660
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,184,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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7 books cite this book:

Prokofiev's Ballets for Diaghilev by Stephen D. Press on page 174, and Back Matter
Prokofiev--A Biography: From Russia to the West 1891-1935 by David Nice in Back Matter
Masterworks of 20th-Century Music: The Modern Repertory of the Symphony Orchestra by Douglas Lee in Back Matter
Masterworks of 20th-Century Music: The Modern Repertory of the Symphony Orchestra by Douglas Lee in Back Matter
Choral Music in the Twentieth Century by Nick Strimple in Back Matter

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