Prokofiev's style

The name was Prokofiev's own; the music is in a style that, according to Prokofiev, Joseph Haydn would have used if he were alive at the time. The music is more or less Classical in style but incorporates more modern musical elements (see Neoclassicism).

1. What are the musical style of Sergei Prokofieff?
2. What is the characteristics of Sergei Prokofiev?
3. What is Prokofiev's most famous piece?
4. What instruments did Prokofiev play?

What are the musical style of Sergei Prokofieff?

, 20th-century Russian (and Soviet) composer who wrote in a wide range of musical genres, including symphonies, concerti, film music, operas, ballets, and program pieces.

What is the characteristics of Sergei Prokofiev?

Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)

From this and other works it initially looked as though the young composer had modernist tendencies. During these precocious years, he was naturally rebellious and delighted in mocking and shocking authority figures or anyone who held traditionalist views.

What is Prokofiev's most famous piece?

Start here: Some of Prokofiev's most popular compositions are the ballet Romeo and Juliet (and its three orchestral suites), the First and Fifth Symphonies, the Third Piano Concerto, the Second Violin Concerto, the "War Sonatas" for piano, the suite of music from the film Lieutenant Kijé, and, of course, Peter and the ...

What instruments did Prokofiev play?

Born in 1891 in Sontsovka, Ukraine, Prokofiev was a precocious child, learning the piano and developing a zeal for chess at a very young age. He composed his first piano piece by age 5 and an opera before he was 10.