What country of origin does Peter and the Wolf and Sergei Prokofiev have in common?
Peter and the Wolf Peter and the Wolf (Russian: «Петя и волк» ; ] ), Op. 67, a 'symphonic fairy tale for children', is a musical composition written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. The narrator tells a children's story, while the orchestra illustrates it. It is Prokofiev's most frequently performed work, and one of the most frequently performed works in the entire classical repertoire. It has been recorded many times.
Walter Nouvel Walter Feodorovich Nouvel (Russian: Вальтер Федорович Нувель ) (1871–1949) was a Russian émigré art-lover and writer. He co-wrote with Arnold Haskell a biography of Sergei Pavlovitch Diaghilev ("Diaghileff. His Artistic and Private life"), and was the ghost-writer of Igor Stravinsky's autobiography "Chronique de ma Vie (Chronicle of my life)".