The Year 1941 was composed during the second World War. Prokofieff, along with other composers, was evacuated to the Caucasus when Germany started attacking the Soviet Union in 1941. It was under such circumstances that Prokofieff began work on this symphonic suite. He was working on his epic opera War and Peace and the String Quartet No. 2 at the same time. It is an orchestral suite in three movements, a poignant and evocative musical depiction of a tumultuous period in history.

The composer described these three movements as follows:
I. In Battle - "a scene of heated battle, heard by the audience sometimes as though far away and sometimes as though on the actual battlefield."
II. At Night - "a poetic night scene, disturbed by the tension of impending conflict."
III. For the Brotherhood of Man - "a triumphant lyrical hymn to victory and the brotherhood of peoples."

Publisher

Amstel Music

Composer

Serge Prokofieff

Arranger

Johan de Meij

Format

Full Score

Binding

Score

Pages

60

ISBN

9790035257159

Stock code

AM210140

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