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Prokofiev
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Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, a Russian composer, influenced his generation
with musical masterpieces like the opera "The Love of Three Oranges" and
the Symphony No.7, for which he received the Stalin Prize. His "Classical
Symphony" helped to establish the neoclassical style. That means using
modern harmonies and rhythms in the traditional format of the 18th century.
After he had lived for twenty-five years in Europe where he toured internationally
as a pianist, he returned home to Russia. Here he was officially censured
for excessive formalism and cacophonous harmonies in the opera "Tale of
a real man" and the Cantata "Alexander Nevsky". 1953 Prokofiev died in
Moscow, on the same day as Stalin.
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