Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew
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In my view, the composer, just as the poet, the sculptor or the painter, is in duty bound to serve Man, the people. He must beautify human life and defend it.
— Page 136; from his "Music and Life" (1951).
Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew (russisch Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев [prɐˈkofʲjɪf] , wiss. Transliteration Sergej Sergeevič Prokof’ev; * 11. Apriljul. / 23. April 1891greg. in Sonzowka, Gouvernement Jekaterinoslaw, Russisches Kaiserreich (heute Oblast Donezk, Ukraine); † 5. März 1953 in Moskau, Russische SFSR) war ein sowjetischer Pianist und Komponist. Sein Musikmärchen Peter und der Wolf zählt zu den weltweit am meisten gespielten Werken der klassischen Musik.
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In my view, the composer, just as the poet, the sculptor or the painter, is in duty bound to serve Man, the people. He must beautify human life and defend it.
The time is past when music was written for a handful of aesthetes. Today vast crowds of people have come face to face with serious music and are waiting with eager impatience.
This is my best work, but only because The Flaming Angel is my greatest.
Formalism is music that people don’t understand at first hearing.
My chief virtue (or if you like, defect) has been a tireless lifelong search for an original, individual musical idiom. I detest imitation, I detest hackneyed devices.
Die sechs Teilsignale hinter dem Fame-Score und ihre Ränge in den Ranglisten.
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