Rethinking Prokofiev
Rethinking Prokofiev Among major 20th-century composers whose music is poorly understood, Sergei Prokofiev stands out conspicuously. While individual, distinctive, and instantly recognizable,…
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Rethinking Prokofiev
Among major 20th-century composers whose music is poorly understood, Sergei Prokofiev stands out conspicuously. While individual, distinctive, and instantly recognizable, Prokofiev's music was also idiosyncratically tonal in an age when tonality was largely pass�. The turbulent times in which Prokofiev lived and the chronology of his travels-he left Russia in the wake of Revolution, and returned at the height of the Stalinist purges-have caused unusually polarized appraisals of his music.
More than sixty years after the composer's death, editors Rita McAllister and Christina Guillaumier offer Rethinking Prokofiev as an assessment that redresses this enigmatic composer's legacy. Prokofiev's output therefore has been largely elusive and difficult to assess against contemporary trends. Often more political than artistic, these appraisals have depended not only upon the date