Walking of Steel -Wikipedia

『 Steel walk (Ayumi Kototsu, Buddha: Steel Pas ) Is a ballet work composed by the Ballet Lus (Russia Ballet Corps) in 1927, and the music for the ballet composed by Sergey Prokofiev (work 41).

Process of establishment [ edit ]

In the summer of Ballet Lus, Prokofiev, who had lost confidence in the second unpopular that the Symphony No. 2 premiered in Paris in June 1925, asked Sergey Diagirev, the president of Ballet Lus, asked for a ballet music. Prokofiev was a member of the “France Sixth group” who had succeeded in ballet Lus at the time (George Auric, “Blue Train” (the same year), Darius Miyo, “Female deer”. (In the same year) Francis Poulank, he refused to write a work like), but Diagirev instructed him to create works on the theme of the Soviet Union in the style of Prokofiev himself. ^{[first] [2]} 。

The script was initially scheduled to be asked by Ilya Eremburg, but it was not realized. The two have agreed with the appearance of ballet themes, as the development of industries that have been progressing in the Soviet Union at the time, and to make workers who waving hammer and ax. ^{[3] [4]} 。 Diagirev also acknowledged this and gave the title of “Steel’s Ahe”. ^[5] 。

Synopsis [ edit ]

• View 1: The collapse of the Imperial Russia due to the revolution.
• View 2: Construction of a socialist state.

On June 7, 1927, it was premiered at a Ballet Lus performance at the Sarah Bernard Theater. Conducted by Roger Dazormiere, choreography is Leonid Machine. Diagirev was wary of the appearance of the white Russians, but there was no noticeable uproar, which was a great success without complaints. ^[6] 。 However, Alexander Bunowa, who was once in charge of Ballet Lus art, was shocked by the fallen aristocrat scenes in the first place. ^[6] , Egori Stravinsky was disgusted with the dancers who waving the hammer on the stage. ^[7] 。

The London performance was successfully completed following the Paris performance. From the alert against anti -socialist, Diagirev was waiting at an orchestra pit with a threatening pistol. ^[8] 。

Later, when he performed at the Metropolitan Theater in New York under Leopold Stokovsky in 1931, he saw a red flag of socialistism in the center of capitalist countries, and he felt exhilarating. ^[9] 。

The following four songs have been excerpted from ballet music to create a suite (41Bis).

1. Introduction of characters
2. People’s committee members, soldiers and citizens
3. Woman working with the sailor
4. plant

On May 27, 1928, it was premiered in Moscow under the direction of V. Savich. However, Prokofiev was dissatisfied with the mere reduction of ballet music, and in the spring of 1931, reorganized the second and fourth songs based on ballet. ^[ten] 。

At the same time, the songs dealing with mechanized civilizations include “Pacific 231” composed by Ulture Onegel in 1923, and “Iron Factory” (ballet “Steel”) composed by Alexander Mosolov in 1926. 。

1. ^ Richard Buckle, Akira Suzuki’s “Diagiref Russia Ballet and its era” Libroport, 1984, 29th volume 209
2. ^ Kaoru Tashiro “Prokofiev Autumn/Zuzen Gathering” Music of Music, 2010, page 106-107
3. ^ Buckle, the previous book, page 210
4. ^ However, Prokofiev has been exile after the revolution, has lived in Paris since 1923, and did not see the Soviet Union’s actual situation at the time of composition (returning to Japan in 1936).
5. ^ “Autobiography” page 108
6. ^ ^{a b} Buckle, the previous book, 253 pages in the lower volume
7. ^ “Autumn” page 120
8. ^ Buckle, previous book, page 256
9. ^ “Autumn” page 128-129
10. ^ “Autobiography” page 137