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Kije’s Wedding from Lt. Kije’s Suite

Lieutenant Kizhe / Lieutenant Kije / Поручик Киже. Kije’s Wedding from Lt. Kije’s Suite. Sergei Prokoviev. Composed music to the film Lieutenant Kijé in 1933. Troika – a three-horse sleigh. The suite – Five movements.

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Kije’s Wedding from Lt. Kije’s Suite

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  1. Lieutenant Kizhe / Lieutenant Kije / Поручик Киже Kije’s Weddingfrom Lt. Kije’s Suite Sergei Prokoviev

  2. Composed music to the film Lieutenant Kijé in 1933 Troika – a three-horse sleigh

  3. The suite – Five movements • 1. Kijé's Birth: A soldier, while writing out the morning orders for the Imperial majesty Tsar Paul, miscopies two words, creating a Lieutenant "Kijé". The Tsar learns of his "existence", and issues numerous orders concerning him. The palace administrators have no choice but to carry them out.

  4. 2. Romance. The fictional lieutenant falls in love. • 3. Kijé's Wedding. Since the Tsar prefers his heroic soldiers to be married, the administrators concoct a fake wedding. • 4. Troika

  5. 5. Kijé's Burial. The administrators finally rid themselves of the non-existent lieutenant by saying he has died. • The movie premiere was in Paris in 1933. • Prokofiev put the movie music into a suite. • One version features a baritone (singer) and one version features the tenor saxophone.

  6. Kije’s Wedding • Fanfare – brass and percussion • Oompah – with Trumpet solo & crazy bass drum • Minor – with sax solo • Ascending line • Trumpet solo – playful • Fanfare • Oompah – Trumpet & woodwinds • Fanfare

  7. Crazy upper woodwinds Kije’s Wedding Trumpet Fanfare Oompah Minor Saxophone Fanfare Trumpet Trumpet Fanfare Oompah

  8. The original film is on Google Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5960899000870748608

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