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Biography

Name:	Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev
Birth Date:	1891
Death Date:	March 5, 1953
Place of Birth:	Sontsovka (now Krasnoe), Ukraine
Place of Death:	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Nationality:	Ukrainian
Gender:	Male
Occupations:	composer

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Biography of Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev
1,397 words, approx. 5 pages

The Ukrainian composer Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev (1891-1953) was a key figure in modern music. He was prolific in all genres and was a master craftsman. His works are probably the most played of 20th-century composers. The accomplishment of Sergei...

Quotations

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Sergei Prokofiev Quotes
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Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev ( 1891-04-27 N.S. or 1891-04-15 O.S. – 1953-03-05 ) was a composer and pianist born in the Russian Empire. After a period as an emigré he returned to become one of the Soviet Union's most high-profile cultural figures....

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Encyclopedia and Summary Information

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Sergei Prokofiev Information
3,653 words, approx. 12 pages

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев, Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) born in Sontsivka (now Borysivka), Ukraine of the Russian Empire on April 27 (April 15[1] O.S.), 1891–March 5, 1953...

News and Journals

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Musical Opinion

Sergey Prokofiev
03/01/2003: 2,206 words, approx. 7 pages

Some Half-Centenary thoughts from John Amis Like all Gaul, Prokofiev's life was in three parts: home, away and home. But the Russia he left in 1918 as a young man of 27 was very different from the Soviet that he returned to in...

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Notes

Selected Letters of Sergei Prokofiev.(Review)
03/01/1999: 1,814 words, approx. 6 pages

Edited and translated by Harlow Robinson. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1998. [xx, 348 p. ISBN 1-55553-347-7. $40.] Harlow Robinson's new book contains a representative sample of Sergey Prokofiev's correspondence with those who had the most influence on his career (excluding immediate family...

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AP News

Rostropovich in Moscow hospital
2/7/2007: 373 words, approx. 1 pages

Cellist-conductor Mstislav Rostropovich has been hospitalized in Moscow for an unspecified reason, and his manager said Tuesday "it does not look good."The hospitalization was disclosed by the Kremlin, which said the 79-year-old cellist had received a visit Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin at an...

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Rostropovich in satisfactory condition
2/7/2007: 309 words, approx. 1 pages

Cellist-conductor Mstislav Rostropovich was in satisfactory condition Wednesday at a hospital and improving, his spokeswoman said.The renowned 79-year-old musician was taken to a Moscow hospital because of an unspecified illness and was visited Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin."He has gotten a bit sick but...

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