The tale of Peter and the gray wolf. Getting to know the fairy tale characters and the musical instruments representing them C

Natalya Letnikova collected 10 facts about the musical work and its creator.

1. Musical history appeared with the light hand of Natalia Sats. The head of the Children's Musical Theater asked Sergei Prokofiev to write a musical story told by a symphony orchestra. So that children do not get lost in the wilds classical music, there is an explanatory text - also by Sergei Prokofiev.

2. Violin melody in the spirit of a pioneer march. The boy Petya meets almost the entire symphony orchestra: a bird - a flute, a duck - an oboe, a cat - a clarinet, a wolf - three horns. The shots sound like a big drum. And the grumbling bassoon acts as a grandfather. Simply brilliant. Animals speak with musical voices.

3. "Fascinating content and unexpected events." From concept to implementation - four days of work. It took Prokofiev exactly that long for the story to begin to sound. The fairy tale became just an excuse. While children follow the plot, willy-nilly they will learn the names of the instruments and their sounds. Associations help you remember this.

“Each character in the fairy tale had his own leitmotif, assigned to the same instrument: the duck was represented by the oboe, the grandfather by the bassoon, etc. Before the performance began, the instruments were shown to the children and the themes were played on them: during the performance, the children heard the themes many times and learned to recognize the timbre instruments - this is the pedagogical meaning of the fairy tale. What was important to me was not the fairy tale itself, but that the children listened to music, for which the fairy tale was only an excuse.”
Sergei Prokofiev

4. The first multi-incarnation. “Peter and the Wolf” was filmed by Walt Disney in 1946. The score of the yet unpublished work was given to the cartoon magnate by the composer himself during a personal meeting. Disney was so impressed by Prokofiev's creation that he decided to draw the story. As a result, the cartoon was included in the studio's golden collection.

5. "Oscar"! In 2008, the short film “Peter and the Wolf” by an international team from Poland, Norway and Britain received the Academy Award for best animated short film. The animators did without words - only a picture and music performed by the London symphony orchestra.

6. Petya, the duck, the cat and other characters in the symphonic fairy tale became best tools peace. The musical story was performed by the USSR State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov and Gennady Rozhdestvensky, and the Philharmonic Orchestras of New York, Vienna and London.

7. Petya and the wolf on pointe shoes. A one-act ballet based on Prokofiev’s work was staged in the mid-twentieth century at the branch Bolshoi Theater- the current Operetta Theater. The performance did not catch on - it was performed only nine times. One of the most famous foreign productions was the performance of the British Royal Ballet School. The main parts were danced by children.

8. The 40th anniversary of the symphonic fairy tale was celebrated with a rock version. Famous rock musicians, including Genesis singer Phil Collins and the father of ambient music, Brian Eno, organized a production of the rock opera Peter and the Wolf in the UK. The project featured virtuoso guitarist Gary Moore and jazz violinist Stefan Grappelli.

9. Voice-over from "Peter and the Wolf". Only recognizable timbres: the first performer was the world's first woman - opera director Natalia Sats. The list includes Oscar-winning English actors of knighthood: John Gielgud, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov and Ben Kingsley. Hollywood film star Sharon Stone also spoke on behalf of the author.

“Sergei Sergeevich and I fantasized possible plots: I - with words, he - with music. Yes, it will be a fairy tale, the main goal of which is to introduce younger schoolchildren to musical instruments; it should have fascinating content, unexpected events, so that the children listen with continuous interest: what will happen next? We decided this: we need the fairy tale to have characters who can clearly express the sound of a particular musical instrument.”
Natalia Sats

10. 2004 - Grammy Award in the category “Children's Album in the Spoken Genre.” The highest American music award was taken by politicians of two superpowers - former USSR Presidents Mikhail Gorbachev and US Bill Clinton, as well as Italian film star Sophia Loren. The second fairy tale on the disc is the work of the French composer Jean Pascal Beintus. Classic and modern. The challenge, as it was decades ago, is to make music understandable to children.

Natalia Pozinova
Symphonic tale "Peter and the Wolf"

Symphonic tale« Petya and the wolf» .

Subject: Symphonic tale« Petya and the wolf» .

Target: introduce children to the history of musical instruments, their varieties; to form a concept of the figurativeness of music; give an idea of the development of figurative characteristics fairy tales.

Tasks:

Introduce the tools symphony orchestra(appearance, timbre coloring, with the themes of the characters fairy tales C. S. Prokofiev « Petya and the wolf» .

Develop creative abilities, the ability to analyze musical images of heroes fairy tales.

Foster a culture of listening and a love of classical music.

Planned result:

Teach children to distinguish musical instruments symphony orchestra.

Introduce children to the work of Prokofiev S.S. « Petya and the wolf» .

Equipment: Presentation, images of instruments, audio tale« Petya and the wolf» .

Progress of the lesson:

Slide No. 1

Musical director:

Hello guys! Today we will talk about music again.

People have been listening to music for a long time. It pleases, calms, warms the soul, makes a person kinder and better.

People are drawn to beauty, and music is beautiful. It turns out that even ancient man couldn't live without music. They're talking about it archaeological excavations ancient settlements.

Among the dishes and weapons with which ancient man hunted and obtained food, the first musical instruments were found. These were animal bones with hollowed-out holes, shells, and various pipes.

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People noticed that the seeds in dried fruits made knocking, rustling sounds, and they began to make musical drums themselves. tools: rattles made from dried fruits with seeds or pebbles inside, as well as a variety of beaters, rattles, and later drums.

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While hunting and pulling the bowstring, a man noticed that it made a melodic sound. People began to make musical instruments with strings -

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Lyres, harps, and later – harps, violins, cellos.

With the help of tools, people gave hunting and shepherding signals. Musical instruments accompanied all important events in life person: successful hunting, holidays, rituals.

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Already in ancient times, the main groups of musical instruments arose - wind, percussion, strings.

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If several instruments are combined into a common sound, a very beautiful combination is obtained. An orchestra can convey gentle or menacing, mysterious or joyful sounds.

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The wonderful Russian composer Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev composed a musical fairy tale, in which he introduces children to instruments.

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It is called « Petya and the wolf» . Every musical instrument in fairy tale characterizes a certain actor.

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A light, whistling flute - a bird; (bird theme sounds)

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Nasal oboe - duck; (duck theme sounds)

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Grumpy bassoon - grandfather; (grandfather's theme sounds)

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The melody of an insidious, cunning cat is played by a clarinet. (cat theme sounds)

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Warm timbre of string instruments – Petya. (Petya's theme sounds)

And why the fairy tale is called symphonic?

She is played by Symphony Orchestra.

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Now you will hear fairy tale C. Prokofiev « Petya and the wolf» .

Listening Symphonic tale« Petya and the Wolf»

Musical director: Can you name me all the heroes? fairy tales and their musical instrument?

Children:

Petya – string quartet: violin, viola, cello, double bass;

Grandfather - Bassoon;

Birdie - flute;

Cat – Clarinet;

Duck – Oboe;

Wolf – Horns

Hunters – Timpani and Bass Drum

Musical director: This is how musical instruments can characterize each character.

And I thank you for your attention. Goodbye!

Used literature: O. P. Radynova “Musical masterpieces”

Publications on the topic:

Leisure dedicated to the 125th anniversary of S. S. Prokofiev. Symphonic tale "Peter and the Wolf" Summary of leisure activities dedicated to the 125th anniversary of S. S. Prokofiev, for children preparatory group on the topic: “Instruments of a symphony orchestra.

Dramatization game “The Tale of How the Wolf Punished Himself” A fairy tale about how the Wolf punished himself A dramatization game for older children preschool age Characters: Little Red Riding Hood – Kadyg-Kara.

Abstract of the open GCD on music “Symphonic fairy tale by S. S. Prokofiev “Peter and the Wolf” Symphonic tale by S. S. Prokofiev “Peter and the Wolf” Lesson progress. Music manager: Hello, guys. I am glad to meet you in our musical.

Musical fairy tale "The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats" Plan: 1 Participants exit 2 Murka the cat 3 Chickens 4 Goats exit. Acquaintance. 5 Dance of the kids. 6 Song of the Goat. 7Game. 8Song 9 Exit of the Wolf.

GCD. Topic: “Instruments of a symphony orchestra. Symphonic tale by S. Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf. Goal: To introduce children to diversity.

Fairy-tale music “introduction to a visit to a fairy tale” sounds, 3 girls run into the hall. They gathered to write a letter to Santa Claus.

I would like... to tell our young men and women: love and study the great art of music... It will make you richer, purer, more perfect. Thanks to music, you will find new strengths in yourself that were previously unknown to you.
“Music will bring you even closer to the ideal of the perfect person, which is the goal of our communist construction.” These words of the outstanding Soviet composer Dmitry Shostakovich can be fully addressed to our children. The sooner a person comes into contact with art, the richer his world of feelings, thoughts, and ideas will be.
Previously means in childhood.
Soviet composers created many musical works for children, including symphonic fairy tales. But the most striking and imaginative remains Sergei Prokofiev’s symphonic fairy tale “Peter and the Wolf,” introducing children to the world of great music.
Outstanding Soviet composer Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev (1891-1953) - author of the operas “The Love for Three Oranges”, “War and Peace”, “Semyon Kotko”, “The Tale of a Real Man”, ballets “Romeo and Juliet”, “Cinderella”, symphonic, instrumental, piano and many other works - in 1936 he wrote a symphonic fairy tale for children “Peter and the Wolf”. The idea of creating such a work was suggested to him by the chief director of the Central Children's Theater Natalia Sats, all her creative life dedicated to art for children.
Prokofiev, who is sensitive to the times, quickly responded to the proposal to create a work, the purpose of which is to introduce children to the instruments that make up a symphony orchestra. Together with N.I. Sats, the composer chose the form of such a work: an orchestra and a presenter (reader). The composer assigned different “roles” to this tale to the instruments and their groups: the bird – the flute, the wolf – the horns, Petya – the string quartet.
“The first performance of “Peter and the Wolf” on the stage of the Central Children's Theater took place on May 5, 1936. “At the request of Sergei Sergeevich, I was the performer of a fairy tale. Together we thought about how they would be shown all the instruments one by one, then the children would hear the sound of each one.
...Sergei Sergeevich was present at all rehearsals, ensuring that not only the semantic, but also the rhythm and intonation performance of the text was in an inextricable creative connection with the orchestral sound,” recalls Natalia Ilyinichna Sats in her book “Children Come to the Theater.” On the record, this fairy tale sounds in her performance.
The unusual form of this symphonic work (orchestra and leader) makes it possible to introduce children to serious music joyfully and easily. Prokofiev's music, bright, imaginative, and tinged with humor, is easily perceived by young listeners.
“I really liked the music about Petya, the bird and the wolf. When I listened to her, I recognized everyone. The cat was beautiful, she walked so that no one could hear, she was cunning. The duck was lopsided and stupid. When the wolf ate her, I felt sorry. I was glad when I heard her voice at the end,” said little listener Volodya Dobuzhinsky.
The cheerful bird, the brave Petya, the grumpy but kind grandfather are known and loved in Moscow, London, Paris, Berlin, New York... in all countries of the world.
For more than thirty years, the fairy tale about Petya and the wolf has been traveling around the planet, radiating ideas of goodness, joy, light, helping children learn to understand and love music.
Let this symphonic fairy tale come to your home today...

Tatiana Martynova
Getting to know the fairy tale characters and those depicting them musical instruments S. Prokofiev “Peter and the Wolf”

(1 slide) We present to your attention an interactive guide to listening to the symphony fairy tales for children« Petya and the wolf» .

The wonderful Russian composer S.S. Prokofiev composed a musical fairy tale, in which he introduces children to instruments symphony orchestra. Every musical instrument in a fairy tale characterizes a certain character, so it’s easier to feel the expressive capabilities of each tool. I would like to note that the composer found the timbres musical instruments, which are similar to the voices of his heroes. IN fairy tale music conveys not only the timbre of the voice, but also depicts movement, manner of gait. Conveying the manner of movement, the composer uses fairy tale march, but the characters of these marches are different.

(2 slide) You see the boy is a pioneer Peter. Petya's melody is carefree, friendly, and cheerful. It starts with this melody fairy tale. His character is brave, resourceful and kind. Petya depict string instruments.

Petya's theme is cheerful, his gait is bouncing, light, and fast.

(3 slide) The bird is busy, nimble, nimble. The bird's melody is fast, nimble, sometimes light, fluttering, abrupt, sometimes more smooth, fussy, flying. Birdie depicts a flute. The sound of the flute is bright, light, high. The voices of the bird and the flute are very similar. The melody of the bird flute always sounds when talking about a bird. The bird flutters quickly, carefree and cheerfully.

(4 slide) Duck - its melody is slow, unhurried. The duck waddles around awkwardly. Music depicts this gait is leisurely, important, the duck’s melody is played by the oboe. He has a slightly nasal voice and depicts The duck's quack is very similar. The duck's melody always sounds when it is mentioned in fairy tale. The duck moves slowly, awkwardly, waddling from side to side. The trilobed size emphasizes clumsiness, depicts falling in a duck's gait, first on one leg, then on the other.

(5 slide) Cat, the melody of an insidious, cunning cat is played by a clarinet. This tool has great potential. It is very flexible, with different timbre colors. A sneaking cat, ready to rush after its prey at any moment, he depicts low, insinuating, cautious, abrupt sounds with sudden accents. The cat sneaks around unnoticed on its velvet paws and is always on the alert. Stops in the melody (steps and looks around) emphasizes her cautious nature. The cat moves stealthily, carefully, deftly.

(6 slide) old grandfather portrays a strict, leisurely, grumbling melody, grandfather walks with difficulty. AND the music is slow, conveys his heavy gait, the grandfather’s voice is low. He plays the melody bassoon: lowest woodwind tool. Grandfather's theme is also a march, but heavy, angry, stern, slow.

(7 slide) The wolf is represented by three horns. Their voices form chords - ugly, harsh, grinding, hoarse. Subject the wolf is frighteningly menacing, But the wolf let himself be caught, but how - by the tail, and to whom - an unarmed boy and a brave bird. This makes him in fairy tale not so scary, but rather unlucky and funny. Subject wolf also looks a bit like march: she conveys his menacing steps.

(8 slide) Every hero fairy tales have their own melody, which always sounds when he appears, such a melody - a recognizable portrait - is called a leitmotif. Now the leitmotifs of Cats, Ducks and Wolf.

(9 slide) And now Petya’s leitmotifs will sound, The wolf and the birds, the nature of the melody changes due to the plot fairy tales, but he is always recognizable.

(10 slide) Hunters are portrayed as stupid in fairy tales(they were following the tracks wolf and fired in vain from their guns, depict percussion instruments - timpani, drums. Hunters also appear in fairy tale to the march, but this march is playful, springy, with unexpected accents, sharp, bouncing. The hunters walk with a dashing gait, now cautiously, now flaunting their courage, which they never had time to demonstrate. There are playful embellishments in the melody, and jumping, scattered chords in the accompaniment. At the end of the hunters' march, their threatening and useless gunfire is heard.

(11 slide) Ends fairy tale a solemn procession of all heroes.

(12 slide) Wolf in the zoo is not so scary, but rather unlucky and funny.

(13 slide) Thus, in a playful way using a musical fairy tale can introduce children to instruments symphony orchestra.

Publications on the topic:

Leisure dedicated to the 125th anniversary of S. S. Prokofiev. Symphonic tale "Peter and the Wolf" Leisure summary dedicated to the 125th anniversary of S.S. Prokofiev, for children of the preparatory group on the topic: “Instruments of the symphony orchestra.

Summary of educational activities for introducing children to Komi folk musical instruments “Musical sounds in the forest” Summary of an integrated lesson on introducing children to Komi folk musical instruments “Musical sounds in the forest” Purpose. Continue.

Summary of the independent musical activity lesson “Introduction to musical instruments” (first junior group) Independent musical activity in 1 younger group"Introduction to musical instruments." Goals: Introducing children to music.

GCD. Topic: “Instruments of a symphony orchestra. Symphonic tale by S. Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf. Goal: To introduce children to diversity.

The world. Summary of GCD in middle group: "Introduction to musical instruments." Integrated lesson with modeling elements (technique.

Sergei Prokofiev

PETER AND THE WOLF
Symphonic tale for children, op. 67

“I would like... to tell our young men and women: love and study the great art of music... It will make you spiritually richer, purer, more perfect, thanks to music you will find in yourself new strengths previously unknown to you.

Music will bring you even closer to the ideal of the perfect person, which is the goal of our communist construction.” These words of the outstanding Soviet composer Dmitry Shostakovich about full measure can be addressed to our children. The sooner a person comes into contact with art, the richer his world of feelings, thoughts, and ideas will be. Previously means in childhood. Soviet composers created many musical works for children, including symphonic fairy tales. But the most striking and imaginative remains Sergei Prokofiev’s symphonic fairy tale “Peter and the Wolf,” introducing children to the world of great music.

Outstanding Soviet composer Sergei Sergeevich Prokofiev (1891-1953) - author of the operas “The Love for Three Oranges”, “War and Peace”, “Semyon Kotko”, “The Tale of a Real Man”, ballets “Romeo and Juliet”, “Cinderella”, symphonic, instrumental, piano and many other works - in 1936 he wrote a symphonic fairy tale for children “Peter and the Wolf”. The idea of creating such a work was suggested to him by the chief director of the Central Children's Theater Natalia Sats, who devoted her entire creative life to art for children.

Prokofiev, who is sensitive to the times, quickly responded to the proposal to create a work, the purpose of which is to introduce children to the instruments that make up a symphony orchestra. Together with N.I. Sats, the composer chose the form of such a work: an orchestra and a presenter (reader). The composer assigned different “roles” of this tale to the instruments and their groups: the bird - the flute, the duck - the oboe, the grandfather - the bassoon, the cat - the clarinet, the wolf - the horns, Petya - the string quartet.

“The first performance of “Peter and the Wolf” on the stage of the Central Children's Theater took place on May 5, 1936. At the request of Sergei Sergeevich, I was the performer of the fairy tale. We thought together about how, before the start of this concert, we could introduce the children to various groups of musical instruments, how they would be shown all the instruments one by one, and then the children would hear the individual sound of each one.

Sergei Sergeevich was present at all rehearsals, ensuring that not only the semantic, but also the rhythm and intonation performance of the fairy tale text was in an inextricable creative connection with the orchestral sound,” recalls Natalia Ilyinichna Sats in her book “Children Come to the Theater.” On the record, this fairy tale sounds in her performance.

The unusual form of this symphonic work (orchestra and leader) will make it possible to introduce children to serious music joyfully and easily. Prokofiev's music, bright, imaginative, tinged with humor, is easily perceived by young listeners.

“I really liked the music about Petya, the bird and the wolf. When I listened to her, I recognized everyone. The cat was beautiful, she walked so that no one could hear, she was cunning. The duck was lopsided and stupid. When the wolf ate her, I felt sorry. I was glad when I heard her voice at the end,” said little listener Volodya Dobuzhinsky.

The cheerful bird, the brave Petya, the grumpy but kind grandfather are known and loved in Moscow, London, Paris, Berlin, New York... in all countries of the world.

For more than thirty years, the fairy tale about Petya and the wolf has been traveling around the planet, radiating ideas of goodness, joy, light, helping children learn to understand and love music.

Let this symphonic fairy tale come to your home today...

Entry 1

Russian text by Natalia Sats

State Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Evgeny Svetlanov
Read by Natalia Sats

Recorded 1970

Total playing time - 23:08

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Entry 2

State Symphony Orchestra of the SSS. Conductor G. Rozhdestvensky
Read by Nikolai Litvinov