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Peter & The Wolf Music Composed by Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) Sergei Prokofiev was born in Sontsovka, Ukraine. He had one brother. His mother was a pianist and his first music teacher and his father was a carpenter. He had written his first Opera by the age of 9 and established himself as a child prodigy. In 1936 he wrote music to the story of Peter & The Wolf to instruct children in the instruments of the symphony orchestra.
What is special about Prokofiev’s Peter & The Wolf is that the music, and the way the instruments themselves are played, tells the story. This is called P_____________________ M__________________.
Listen to the introduction of Peter & The Wolf and put the correct instrument(s) name next to each character. • A Bird – _______________________________ • A Duck – ______________________________ • A Cat – ________________________________ • Grandfather – _______________________________ • The Wolf – ________________________________ • Peter – ____________________________________ • The Hunters Guns – ________________________________
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ď‚Ż Another musical technique Prokovief used is giving all the instruments/ characters in the story their own melodies or themes. This means that each character in the story has its own leitmotiv (a recurring little theme) played by one/many instruments of the orchestra.
See if you can identify which leitmotiv belongs to which character and instrument? 1.
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Question‌ For each of the instruments that are associated with a character in the story, write a few adjectives to describe the sound they make. This is called analysing the Tone Colour of the instruments. You may even be able to say how they performer plays his/her instrument.
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