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Sevastianova, S. S. Sergei Prokofiev’s Music on Screen

Abstract: The article raises questions related to Sergey Prokofiev’s participation in cinematograpgh. Why did the composer work in cinema for such a short period fo time? What was his attitude to cinematograpgh in general? What were the main principles of creating his music for cinema? As examples of his music in movies, most people think of only Eisenstein’s movies Alexander Nevsky and Ivan Grozny. But he also wrote music for many other movies which still remain important examples of his epoch: Lieutenant Kizhe, Tonya, Kotovsky, Partizans in the Ukrainan Steppe and others.


Keywords:

art history, Sergey Prokofiev, movie music, cutting, audio-visual counter point, theme, audio engineering, Sergey Eisenstein, Alexander Nevsky, Ivan Grozny.


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