The Story of the Kalendar Prince

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"The Story of the Kalendar Prince" is the second, richly orchestrated movement of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic suite Scheherazade, depicting the adventures of a wandering prince through vivid musical storytelling.

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The Story of the Kalendar Prince canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral movement ⓘ
programmatic orchestral work ⓘ
associatedWork Scheherazade, Op. 35 ⓘ
basedOn One Thousand and One Nights ⓘ
linked to: The Arabian Nights
catalogNumber part of Op. 35 ⓘ
characterInWork Kalendar Prince ⓘ
composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
depicts adventures of a wandering prince ⓘ
durationApproximate 10–12 minutes ⓘ
firstPerformanceOfWork Scheherazade premiere 1888 ⓘ
followedBy The Young Prince and the Young Princess ⓘ
genre program music ⓘ
symphonic suite movement ⓘ
hasPart brass fanfares ⓘ
percussion effects ⓘ
solo violin passages ⓘ
woodwind solos ⓘ
influencedBy orientalist musical style ⓘ
intendedMedium symphony orchestra ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
movementNumber 2 ⓘ
narrativeFunction depicts episodic adventures ⓘ
notableFeature rich orchestration ⓘ
use of leitmotifs from Scheherazade ⓘ
vivid musical storytelling ⓘ
orchestration full symphony orchestra ⓘ
originalLanguageOfWork Russian ⓘ
originalTitle Сказка о каландаре-принце ⓘ
partOf Scheherazade ⓘ
partOfSeries movements of Scheherazade ⓘ
performancePractice often performed as part of complete Scheherazade ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
precededBy The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship ⓘ
publicationYear 1888 ⓘ
recordedAs standalone track in many Scheherazade recordings ⓘ
structuralFeature contrasting sections and episodes ⓘ
style late-Romantic orchestral writing ⓘ
tonalCenter various shifting tonalities ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext concert hall ⓘ
symphony orchestra repertoire ⓘ
usesMotif Scheherazade violin theme ⓘ
Sultan theme ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scheherazade → movement → The Story of the Kalendar Prince ⓘ
The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship → followedBy → The Story of the Kalendar Prince ⓘ
The Young Prince and the Young Princess → precededBy → The Story of the Kalendar Prince ⓘ