The Young Prince and the Young Princess

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"The Young Prince and the Young Princess" is the lyrical, romantic third movement of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic suite Scheherazade, depicting a tender love story through richly orchestrated, Eastern-inspired themes.

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The Young Prince and the Young Princess canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral movement ⓘ
programmatic music ⓘ
romantic orchestral work ⓘ
symphonic movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Young Prince and the Young Princess (movement III of Scheherazade, Op. 35) ⓘ
associatedWith Scheherazade’s storytelling ⓘ
basedOn One Thousand and One Nights ⓘ
linked to: The Arabian Nights
characteristic Eastern-inspired themes ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ
richly orchestrated ⓘ
romantic ⓘ
tender ⓘ
composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
depicts a love story ⓘ
a young prince ⓘ
a young princess ⓘ
featuresInstrument harp ⓘ
solo winds ⓘ
strings ⓘ
woodwinds ⓘ
firstPerformanceOfWholeWork 1888 ⓘ
followedBy Festival at Baghdad – The Sea – The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman ⓘ
genre orchestral music ⓘ
program music ⓘ
symphonic suite movement ⓘ
hasForm lyrical episodic structure ⓘ
hasMood intimate ⓘ
serene ⓘ
hasNarrativeFunction depiction of romantic love within Scheherazade ⓘ
hasTempoCharacter moderate ⓘ
hasTheme melodic love theme ⓘ
influencedBy Orientalist musical style ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
movementNumber 3 ⓘ
opusNumberOfWholeWork Op. 35 ⓘ
orchestration full symphony orchestra ⓘ
originalLanguageOfTitle Russian ⓘ
partOf Scheherazade ⓘ
partOfSeries movements of Scheherazade ⓘ
partOfWorkBy Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ⓘ
precededBy The Story of the Kalendar Prince ⓘ
publicationYearOfWholeWork 1889 ⓘ
style Romantic ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext concert hall ⓘ
symphony orchestra repertoire ⓘ
uses modal and exotic-sounding scales ⓘ

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

Scheherazade → movement → The Young Prince and the Young Princess ⓘ
The Story of the Kalendar Prince → followedBy → The Young Prince and the Young Princess ⓘ
Festival at Baghdad – The Sea – Shipwreck → follows → The Young Prince and the Young Princess ⓘ