Sergei Prokofjew
Alexander Nevsky
Cantata for Mezzo Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra
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Sergei Prokofjew
Alexander Nevsky
Cantata for Mezzo Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra
- Instrumentation Concert Band, Medium Voice and Choir
- Composer Sergei Prokofjew
- Editor Egbert van Groningen
- Series Baton Orchestral
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Difficulty Level
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- Publisher Baton Music
- Order no. BTM355SC
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Description:
Alexander Nevsky was composed by Sergei Prokofiev as a film score for the 1938 Sergei Eisenstein film Alexander Nevsky. He later rearranged the music in the form of a cantata for mezzo-soprano, chorus, and orchestra, with text by the poet Vladimir Lugovskoy and Prokofiev himself. It has remained one of the most renowned cantatas of the 20th century. It is performed in seven movements, lasting approximately 40 minutes. It is sung in Russian, but Prokofiev utilized Latin for the third and fifth movements.