Sergey Prokofiev
Ten Pieces
Op. 12

About Sergey Prokofiev's Ten Pieces

Published a year after the Toccata op.11 (1912), celebrated for its fearsome difficulties and its motoric style, prefiguring a machinist and futurist aesthetic, the Ten Pieces op.12 (1913) might look like a dramatic turn-around, returning to the past and its strict forms, explicitly evoked by eight of the ten titles: Gavotte, Rigaudon, Prelude in C, Allemande and so on. But in fact Prokofiev had been working on these pieces over a period of nearly eight years.

They anticipate the Classical Symphony op.25 (1917), his last work to be played in public (21 April 1918) before he went into exile. After the Moscow premiere of his First Concerto, in March 1912, Prokofiev played the Gavotte as an encore, as he was frequently to do in subsequent recitals or concerts. The Prelude also enjoyed a successful separate existence in its version for harp. Only the last two numbers bring us back to the irony and turbulence that were increasingly to characterise his style.

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Preview TitleKey Year Level
1. March Op. 12 No. 1 in F Minor by Prokofiev piano sheet music AAB 1. March 18 F Minor 1913 8
2. Gavotte Op. 12 No. 2 in G Minor by Prokofiev piano sheet music AAC 2. Gavotte 24 G Minor 1913 8+
3. Rigaudon Op. 12 No. 3 in C Major by Prokofiev piano sheet music AAD 3. Rigaudon 1 C Major 1913 8
4. Mazurka Op. 12 No. 4 in G-sharp Minor by Prokofiev piano sheet music AAE 4. Mazurka 26 G-sharp Minor 1913 8
5. Capriccio Op. 12 No. 5 in E Minor by Prokofiev piano sheet music AAF 5. Capriccio 14 E Minor 1913 8
6. Legend Op. 12 No. 6 in F Major by Prokofiev piano sheet music AAG 6. Legend 17 F Major 1913 7
7. Prelude - Harp Op. 12 No. 7 in C Major by Prokofiev piano sheet music AAH 7. Prelude - Harp 1 C Major 1913 7
8. Allemande Op. 12 No. 8 in F-sharp Minor by Prokofiev piano sheet music AAI 8. Allemande 20 F-sharp Minor 1913 8+
9. Humorous Scherzo Op. 12 No. 9 in C Major by Prokofiev piano sheet music AAJ 9. Humorous Scherzo 1 C Major 1913 8
10. Scherzo Op. 12 No. 10 in A Minor by Prokofiev piano sheet music AAK 10. Scherzo 30 A Minor 1913 8+

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