Lieutenant Kizhe / Lieutenant Kije / Поручик Киже Kije’s ... · Sergei Prokoviev...
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Kije’s Weddingfrom Lt. Kije’s Suite
Sergei Prokoviev
Lieutenant Kizhe / Lieutenant Kije / Поручик Киже
• Composed music to the film Lieutenant Kijé in 1933
Troika – a three-horse sleigh
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.
• 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. 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.
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
Fanfare
Kije’s Wedding
Oompah Trumpet
Saxophone
Fanfare
FanfareOompah
Trumpet
Trumpet
Crazy upperwoodwinds
The original film is on Google Video:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5960899000870748608