Piano Sonata No. 5 (Prokofiev)

Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major, Op. 38, was written at Ettal near Oberammergau in the Bavarian Alps during the composer's stay there in 1923. He would revise it thirty years later, at the end of his life, but not drastically, as his Opus 135, and it is this version that is usually played. The work is dedicated it to Pierre Souvtchinski, a musicologist and friend. All eight of Prokofiev's other piano sonatas were written in Russia. The revisions to this piece, made in 1952–53 in Russia, are mostly in the last movement.

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References

Sorensen, Sugi (2005). "The Prokofiev Page – Piano Sonata No 5 in C major, Op 38". Allegro Media. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
Sorensen, Sugi (2005). "The Prokofiev Page – Piano Sonata No 5 in C major, Op 135". Allegro Media. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
Boris Berman, Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas: A Guide for the Listener and the Performer (Yale University Press, 2008), p. 102.
Boris Berman, Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas: A Guide for the Listener and the Performer (Yale University Press, 2008), pp. 103–104.

External links

Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 38/135: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Video – Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 – Complete (16:27).
Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 in C major, Opus 38 (1923).
Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 in C major, Opus 135 (1952–53).

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Piano	No. 1 in D♭ major No. 2 in G minor No. 3 in C major No. 4 in B♭ major (left-hand) No. 5 in G major No. 6 (unfinished)
Other	Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor Cello Concerto in E minor Symphony-Concerto for Cello in E minor Cello Concertino in G minor (unfinished)

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Sonatas	No. 1 in F minor No. 2 in D minor No. 3 in A minor No. 4 in C minor No. 5 in C major (orig. & rev.) No. 6 in A major No. 7 in B♭ major No. 8 in B♭ major No. 9 in C major No. 10 (unfinished)
Other	Toccata in D minor Sarcasms Visions fugitives Tales of an Old Grandmother March and Scherzo from The Love for Three Oranges Three Pieces from War and Peace Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet Three Pieces & Six Pieces & Ten Pieces from Cinderella Fantasia on Scheherazade (1926)

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