The composer said of this work: "I didn't know what kind of sauce to put on it."
The composer said of this work: "I didn't know what kind of sauce to put on it." The second movement opens with a very high and melancholy double bass solo in the third measure, and the fourth movement of this work features prominent sleighbells to depict a three-horsed sleighride after a wedding. This work concludes with the depiction the burial of an empty casket with honors, and the plot of this piece stems from an elaborate plot by courtiers to avoid informing the Tsar that he misread a report. This work was originally written as the score to a film by Aleksandr Faintsimmer, but is more popular as a five-movement suite featuring a fourth-movement "Troika." For 10 points, identify this work about a military officer who in that film doesn't even exist, composed by Sergei Prokofiev.
The composer said of this work: "I didn't know what kind of sauce to put on it."
Lieutenant Kije