The Story of the Kalendar Prince
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"The Story of the Kalendar Prince" is the second, richly orchestrated movement of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic suite Scheherazade, depicting the adventures of a wandering prince through vivid musical storytelling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Story of the Kalendar Prince canonical | 3 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
orchestral movement
ⓘ
programmatic orchestral work ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic suite Scheherazade
ⓘ
surface form:
Scheherazade, Op. 35
|
| basedOn | One Thousand and One Nights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | part of Op. 35 ⓘ |
| characterInWork | Kalendar Prince ⓘ |
| composer | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| depicts | adventures of a wandering prince ⓘ |
| durationApproximate | 10–12 minutes ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceOfWork | Scheherazade premiere 1888 ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Young Prince and the Young Princess ⓘ |
| genre |
program music
ⓘ
symphonic suite movement ⓘ |
| hasPart |
brass fanfares
ⓘ
percussion effects ⓘ solo violin passages ⓘ woodwind solos ⓘ |
| influencedBy | orientalist musical style ⓘ |
| intendedMedium | symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| movementNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | depicts episodic adventures ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
rich orchestration
ⓘ
use of leitmotifs from Scheherazade ⓘ vivid musical storytelling ⓘ |
| orchestration | full symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Сказка о каландаре-принце ⓘ |
| partOf | Scheherazade ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | movements of Scheherazade ⓘ |
| performancePractice | often performed as part of complete Scheherazade ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1888 ⓘ |
| recordedAs | standalone track in many Scheherazade recordings ⓘ |
| structuralFeature | contrasting sections and episodes ⓘ |
| style | late-Romantic orchestral writing ⓘ |
| tonalCenter | various shifting tonalities ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceContext |
concert hall
ⓘ
symphony orchestra repertoire ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
Scheherazade violin theme
ⓘ
Sultan theme ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Scheherazade