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Prokofiev’s ‘Peter and the Wolf’: A beloved piece of music for children April 19, 2021 12:45 PM CDT By Jenny Farrell
Art from the cover of a 1959 Soviet vinyl LP of Peter and the Wolf, depicting Peter wearing the red kerchief of the Young Communists. | Melodiya
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev is among the great composers of the 20th century. He was born 130 years ago, on April 23, 1891, in Sontsovka, Ukraine, into a rural family. Village life, with its peasant songs, left a permanent impression on him. His musical mother arranged trips to the opera in Moscow when he was a child. Prokofiev’s subsequent ten years of study (1904-1914) at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, under Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, were a time of great artistic growth.