Sergei Prokofiev (April 27, 1891 - March 5, 1953)
As the creator of acknowledged masterpieces across numerous music genres, he
is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. His works include such
widely heard pieces as the March from The Love for Three Oranges, the suite Lieutenant
Kijé, the ballet Romeo and Juliet—from which "Dance of the Knights" is taken—and
Peter and the Wolf. Of the established forms and genres in which he worked, he created
– excluding juvenilia – seven completed operas, seven symphonies, eight ballets, five
