Peter and the Wolf

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | 412 words | Copyright

Peter and the Wolf (Petya i volk). Symphonic fairy-tale for narrator and orch., Op.67, by Prokofiev to his own lib. Comp. 1936. F.p. Moscow Children's Theatre Centre 1936, f. Eng. p. London 1941. The boy Peter's fooling of a wolf is narrated and brilliantly illustrated by solo orch. instrs.; the work is delightful in itself and a wonderful way of instructing children (and others) how to identify orch. instr.

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