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,
Dingbat the Singing Cat catalog number 20-1908 ('B' side was Happy Journey) . In 2007, it was remixed by independent artist Dalt Wisney and released on the EP 'Lifetime Psychedelic Dance Lessons' Dingbat the Singing Cat "Dingbat the Singing Cat" is a 1940s pop song by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra, adapted from Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf". Adapted and arranged from the Russian Composer Sergei Prokofiev's symphonic fairy tale "Peter and the Wolf" with music and lyrics by Al Hoffman and Ted Mossman, it was recorded in 1946 by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra. Performed in the swing style, it features on vocals