Music and Time Annotation << Back About S. Prokofiev’s Cantata «To the ХХ Anniversary of October» E.E. Durandina, P.E. Karpov The cantata «To the ХХ Anniversary of October» was created by Prokofiev according to the state order of Radio committee (1936/37). But it was cancelled and during lifetime of the author wasn’t performed. Innovative decisions, characteristic of Prokofiev, are inherent in the cantata: documentary of texts, development of irregular monumental choral shapes at the unusual brightness of musical language. Revival of the cantata (in the stopped option) took place in 1966. Today there is a record of author’s version of the cantata. Outstanding contractors of the present are her propagandists and admirers (V. Gergiev). Keywords: cantata, revolution, events, Lenin, speeches, articles, texts, documentary, big choral form. Contacts: E-mail: pkarpov_arsviva@mail.ru, E-mail: pkarpov_arsviva@mail.ru Pp. 15-18.