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Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev)

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/December 21, 2016 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:17, 7 December 2016 (UTC)



Lieutenant Kijé is music by Sergei Prokofiev originally written to accompany the film of the same name, produced by the Belgoskino film studios in Leningrad released in 1934 (poster pictured). It was Prokofiev's first attempt at film music, and his first commission from within the Soviet Union; he had lived abroad since the 1917 October Revolution. In the early days of sound cinema, among the distinguished composers ready to write film music, Prokofiev was not an obvious choice for the commission. Based in Paris for almost a decade, he had a reputation for experimentation and dissonance, characteristics at odds with the cultural norms of the Soviet Union, but Prokofiev was anxious to return to his homeland, and saw the film commission as an opportunity to write music in a more accessible style. After the film's successful release, Prokofiev adapted the music into what became a popular orchestral suite, his Op. 60. It was first performed on 21 December 1934, and became part of the international concert repertoire, and one of the composer's best-known and most frequently recorded works. Elements of its score have been used in several later films, and in two popular songs of the Cold War era.
 * Most recent similar article(s): We had no article on film music becoming a suite, written by a composer in order to be able to return to his home country, but actually not even any other composition of the 20th century. 19 Oct was the last piece of classical music.
 * Main editors: Brianboulton
 * Promoted: Sep 2016
 * Reasons for nomination: A recent article by Brianboulton ("heard so often that most people know bits of it without being able to identify what it is"), day of the premiere
 * Support as nominator. Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:40, 6 December 2016 (UTC)