Peter and the Wolf

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Peter and the Wolf is a 1936 musical symphony and narrated fairy tale by Sergei Prokofiev that introduces children to the instruments of the orchestra through a story about a boy who captures a wolf.

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Peter and the Wolf canonical 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf children's music ⓘ
orchestral work ⓘ
symphonic fairy tale ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Petya i volk ⓘ
Петя и волк ⓘ
author Sergei Prokofiev ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 67 ⓘ
commissionedBy Central Children's Theatre, Moscow ⓘ
Natalya Sats ⓘ
composer Sergei Prokofiev ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
dateOfPremiere 1936-05-02 ⓘ
educationalAspect associates each character with a specific instrument and theme ⓘ
educationalUse music education for children ⓘ
genre fairy tale ⓘ
program music ⓘ
hasAdaptation animated film adaptations ⓘ
ballet adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
hasCharacter Grandfather ⓘ
Peter ⓘ
hunters ⓘ
the Bird ⓘ
the Cat ⓘ
the Duck ⓘ
the Wolf ⓘ
linked to: the wolf
instrumentMotifForCharacter Bird – flute ⓘ
Cat – clarinet in A ⓘ
Duck – oboe ⓘ
linked to: Oboe

Grandfather – bassoon ⓘ
Hunters – woodwind and trumpet with percussion ⓘ
Peter – string instruments ⓘ
Wolf – three French horns ⓘ
intendedAudience children ⓘ
languageOfWork Russian ⓘ
narrationLanguageAtPremiere Russian ⓘ
narratorRole spoken narrator ⓘ
notableTheme use of leitmotifs for characterization ⓘ
orchestration full symphony orchestra with narrator ⓘ
period 20th-century classical music ⓘ
placeOfPremiere Moscow ⓘ
plotSummary A boy named Peter captures a wolf with the help of animals and hunters. ⓘ
publisher State Music Publishers, Moscow (early editions) ⓘ
purpose introduction to orchestral instruments ⓘ
setting rural area near a meadow and forest ⓘ
structure single-movement symphonic work with narration ⓘ
style neoclassical elements ⓘ
typicalDuration about 25 minutes ⓘ
typicalPerformanceElement live narrator with orchestra ⓘ
yearOfComposition 1936 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Make Mine Music → segment → Peter and the Wolf ⓘ
Sergei Prokofiev → notableWork → Peter and the Wolf ⓘ