Sergei Prokofiev
5. What are the main characteristics of
PERIOD 1 of Prokofiev (1908-1918)?
1) Extremely anti-romantic
2) formal and textural ECONOMY
3) Incisive and biting rhythms
4) VERY percussive
5) harsh and dissonant music, biting
Prokofiev in 1915
Have a two-minute listen to Daniil Trifonov playing a movement from Prokofiev’s Sarcasms below. The composer’s own program notes read as follows:
"We often indulge in malicious laughter at someone or something, but when we pause to look we see how pitiful and sad is the object of our ridicule; and then we grow ashamed, the mocking laughter rings in our ears, but it is we who are its object now." How many of the five characteristics listed above can you pick out listening to this work?
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