Sorry for having taken so long to respond to this - the links between
Prokofiev and Britten are particularly intriguing, and have not been
sufficiently discussed. I hear Prokofiev's influence even in such works as
Britten's Cello Suites (not so surprising, perhaps, since they were written
for Prokofiev's friend Rostropovich).

The Stravinsky-Prokofiev parallels, though not quite done to death, have
been more often commented on, but I think are rather less
interesting/significant since the two became very different composers. And
why don't people talk about Honegger's impact on SP (i.e. Pacific 231) which
was at least as profound?

Sorry this isn't very informative (I've got quite a lot on my plate just
now), but I thought I should encourage any attempt to look at how Prokofiev
nourished such a great composer as Britten.

Good luck!

Daniel Jaffé

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>From: Ben Malkevitch <bmalkevitch@...>
>To: <prokofiev@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [prokofiev] Prokofiev and Britten
>Date: Wed, Oct 3, 2001, 9:00 pm
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> My first Prokofiev group posting - let's hope it's not my only one!
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> Multiple sources confirm that Britten admired Prokofiev's music and if you
> listen to his earlier works, especially his underrated Piano Concerto, op.
> 13, you would be hard-pressed to deny Britten's debt. Does anyone know of
> specific sources (biographies, journal articles, etc.) which deal with this
> in more than a sentence. I'd also be interested in similar sources regarding
> Prokofiev's rivalry (to the extent that it was one) with Stravinsky.
> Something to the tune of Chout - Petrushka, Scythian Suite - Rite of Spring.
> If nothing's out there, I'll try to write something myself, but there's no
> use revisiting what has been well covered already.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ben Malkevitch
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