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Tales of an Old Grandmother
1918 piano composition by Sergei Prokofiev
Tales of an Old Grandmother, Op. 31 (Russian: Сказки старой бабушки, romanized: Skazki staroy babushki) is a set of four piano pieces by Sergei Prokofiev. It was composed in 1918 and premiered by the composer himself on January 7 the following year in New York City, probably at Aeolian Hall.[1][2] It has an approximate duration of ten minutes and it was first published by Gutheil in Moscow in 1922.[3] It was composed during Prokofiev's exile in the United States after the outbreak of the Russian Revolution. An arrangement for orchestra also exists.