The Sergei Prokofiev Website
"Only Prokofiev's music excites me now...one feels like shouting: More!
More!"
The Soviet poet Vladimir Mayakovsky commenting upon his newly-found enthusiasm for Prokofiev's music
This website is devoted to the great Soviet composer Sergei Prokofiev.
Herein you will find varied materials related to his life and music.
I encourage anyone with an interest in Prokofiev to submit something for
possible inclusion on this site. I am looking for off-beat submissions
that explore some of the lesser known aspects of Prokofiev's life and work.
Also, I don't want to alienate the average music lover by presenting
materials that are excessively technical in nature, so hopefully, most of
the articles to be found here will be written for the intelligent layman.
For those who might consider submitting something, email me and tell me
what you are considering, and I'll give you my opinion of the idea. Further,
I want this site to be as diverse and wide-ranging as possible in its exploration of
Prokofiev's musical world, so I hope to include material on the music
of composers who have some kinship with or relevance to Prokofiev's life and
art.
Again, for anyone interested in contacting me, send email (make sure any email sent contains the word "Prokofiev" somewhere in the subject line of the email) to Bruce at
brt@efn.org
A brief word about the appearance of this website. I know it appears to be
rather plain and utilitarian, with little in the way of fancy graphics or
special effects, but I am trying to present factual content in this
site; I believe emphasizing visual effects of any kind would only detract
from this goal. Also, the easiest way to move around this website is by using
the "Back" button on your browser; a hyperlink to take you back to the Table of
Contents section of this page can be found at the bottom
of most pages in this
site, however.
Table of Contents:
Some Reflections on Prokofiev's Music by Bruce Turlish
A List of Prokofiev's Works
A Gallery of Images
Sergei Prokofiev, a biographical sketch by Robert Cummings
Prokofiev, Prisoner of the State by Ian MacDonald
Composition Reviews
A Page of Relevant Links
Nikolai Miaskovsky and Prokofiev
Dimitri Kabalevsky and Prokofiev
