The Year 1941 (Prokofiev) The Year 1941 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev wrote the symphonic suite The Year 1941 (Op. 90) in 1941. Prokofiev, along with other composers, was evacuated to the Caucasus when Germany started attacking the Soviet Union in 1941. It was under such circumstances that Prokofiev began work on this symphonic suite. He was working on his epic opera "War and Peace" and the "String Quartet No. 2" at the same time. The whole suite lasts for around 15 minutes. The suite is scored for 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets,
The Cat and the Fiddle (musical) The Cat and the Fiddle (musical) The Cat and the Fiddle is a musical with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics and book by Otto Harbach. The story is about a composer and an opera singer, and the title comes from the second line of the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle" ("the cat and the fiddle"). The show features the songs "She Didn't Say Yes" and "The Night Was Made for Love". The original Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on October 15, 1931, moved to the George M. Cohan Theater on May 24, 1932, and ran for a