Petrouchka
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Stravinsky's Capriccio for piano and orchestra is the composer at his quirkiest with hints of his "Petrouchka."
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2012
Motley Crue's Stick to Your Guns, for instance, is going to lose any battle of the bands against Stravinsky's Petrouchka.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is short, with rounded muscles and the pale face of a man made up permanently as Petrouchka.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Firebird, Petrouchka and The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky's best ballet scores, were commissioned.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mob-scenes in "Benvenuto Cellini" are bright and brisk and sparkling, and compare not unfavorably with certain passages in "Petrouchka."
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
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