Sergei Prokofiev in Paris - 20 June, 1924, at night
from Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 20 June 1924, page 73:
In the evening Ptashka and I attended the premiere of Milhaud's Le Train bleu, a deliberate essay at vulgar material orchestrated in a vulgar style. But it is all of a piece with these 'new' directions, the point of which escapes me.
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Sergei Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev diaries: 20 June 1924. In Sergey Prokofiev, and Anthony Phillips (ed.), Sergey Prokofiev diaries, volume 3 (Ithaca N.Y, 2006), p. 73. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1460128564466 accessed: 26 December, 2024
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Le Train Bleu
written by Darius Milhaud, Darius Milhaud |
performed by Orchestra of the Ballets Russes |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 20 June, 1924, at night |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by isobel.1111 on Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:16:04 +0100
Approved on Mon, 19 Jun 2017 11:36:18 +0100