Peter and the Wolf

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1. A piece for orchestra by a twentieth-century Russian composer, Sergei Prokofiev. Through music, it tells the story of a disobedient boy's encounter with a wolf.

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Because each character in the story is represented by a different musical instrument, Peter and the Wolf is often used to introduce children to the various instruments in an orchestra.

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President Bill Clinton and Italian actress Sophia Loren for their recording of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, and the United Nations named him a Champion of the Earth in 2006 for his environmental advocacy.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2022

Dave adds a little theme to it that sounds a little bit like "Peter and the Wolf."

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2022

In the same way that Peter and the Wolf uses characters and a story to introduce children to different instruments in the orchestra, Carnival combines music with words.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2020

These include the Royal Ballet performing Peter and the Wolf and, on 17 April, The Metamorphosis, a surreal and very gloopy staging of Kafka’s novella, choreographed by Arthur Pita and created for dancer Edward Watson.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2020

Peter and the Wolf was on the radio, and they had listened to it all the way through.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry