Peter and the Wolf
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Key facts
- Native name
- Петя и волк
- Commissioned by
- Natalya Sats
- Text
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Language
- Russian
- Dedication
- Prokoviev's children
- Duration
- c. 25 minutes
- Date
- May 2, 1936 ( 1936-05-02 )
- Location
- Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatory , Moscow, Russian SFSR
- Conductor
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Performers
- T. Bobrov (narrator), Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic Society [ ru ]
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Encyclopedic overview
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Peter and the Wolf (Russian: Пе́тя и волк, romanized: Pétya i volk, IPA: [ˈpʲetʲə i voɫk]), Op. 67, a "symphonic tale for children", is a programmatic musical composition written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. The narrator tells a Russian folk tale, which the orchestra illustrates by using different instruments to play themes that represent each character in the story.
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