Scythian Suite

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  • TITLE: Sergey Prokofiev (Russian composer)
    SECTION: Pre-Revolutionary period
    ...ballet Ala and Lolli (1914), on themes of ancient Slav mythology, for Diaghilev, who rejected it. Thereupon, Prokofiev reworked the music into the Scythian Suite for orchestra. Its premiere, in 1916, caused a scandal but was the culmination of his career in Petrograd (St. Petersburg). The ballet The Tale of the...