[1] The complete ballet in eight movements was first performed in Gotha, a German town near Hanover, on 6 November 1925.
[1] In 1924, when Prokofiev was staying in Paris, a travelling troupe commissioned a chamber ballet from him.
However, the ensemble that provided music accompaniment to the troupe only contained five members.
His most recent chamber piece had been the Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op.
Later, Prokofiev incorporated the ballet music into two pieces: Quintet, Op.