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| Sergei Prokofiev
(1891 - 1953)
| Timeline |
| 1891 |
Born 23 April, at Sontsovka, in the Ukraine |
| 1900 |
Composes his first opera, The Giant, at age 9 |
| 1904 |
Enters St. Petersburg Conservatory, studies under Rimsky-Korsakov |
| 1914 |
Visits London and is commissioned by Diaghilev to write a ballet score |
| 1917 |
Composes his Classical Symphony in the year of the Russian Revolution |
| 1918 |
Leaves Russia for U.S. |
| 1923 |
Marries Lina Llubera and moves to Paris |
| 1936 |
Returns to the U.S.S.R., now ruled by Stalin |
| 1941 |
Begins work on epic opera War and Peace in the year Germany invades U.S.S.R. |
| 1948 |
Charged by the state, with Shostakovich, for the crime of musical "formalism" (being too intellectual and advanced) |
| 1953 |
Dies 5 March, the same day as Stalin |
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