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Definition of Prokofiev
1. Noun. Russian composer of ballets and symphonies and operas (1891-1953).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prokofiev
Literary usage of Prokofiev
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Breaking with Communism: The Intellectual Odyssey of Bertram D. Wolfe by Bertram David Wolfe, Robert Hessen (1990)
"prokofiev, the oldest and best known, tried to placate the critics of the Politburo
by ... Younger than prokofiev, he had not yet reached his full stature. ..."
2. A Musical Motley by Ernest Newman (1919)
"In Russia, prokofiev goes about posing as the enfant terrible of music, tweaking
the noses, as Mr Montagu- Nathan tells us, of the academics. ..."
3. Travels in Siberia: Including Excursions Northwards, Down the Obi, to the by Adolph Erman (1848)
"... in the factory of the Russian-American company, to whose agent we had despatched
our letters from M. prokofiev by a traveller who had preceded us. ..."
4. Travels in Siberia: Including Excursions Northwards, Down the Obi, to the by Adolph Erman (1850)
"... in the factory of the Russian-American company, to whose agent we had despatched
our letters from M. prokofiev by a traveller who had preceded us. ..."
5. Russia, To-day and To-morrow by Pavel Nikolaevich Mili︠u︡kov (1922)
"Stravinsky and prokofiev write their music for the stage, Roerich paints the
decorations. In 1918 you saw Rimsky- Korsakov's "Coq d'Or" on your Metropolitan ..."
6. Getting to the Top in the USSR: Cyclical Patterns in the Leadership by R. Judson Mitchell (1990)
"Moscow mayor Valerii Saikin and deputy city party leader Yuri prokofiev were both
defeated. Military candidates proved to be especially unpopular. ..."
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