1) Ballet by Igor Stravinsky 2) Stock character
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Petrushka (a=Ru-петрушка.ogg) is a stock character of Russian folk puppetry (rayok) known at least since 17th century. Petrushkas were used as marionettes, as well as hand puppets. Traditionally he was a kind of a jester distinguished by red dress, red kolpak, and often a long nose. ==Word origin== Although the Russian word `petrushka` h.....
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[ballet] Petrushka (Pétrouchka; Петрушка) is a ballet set to music by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was composed in 1910–11 and revised in 1947. The ballet tells the story of a Russian traditional puppet Petrushka, who is made of straw and with a bag of sawdust as his body, but who comes to life and develops emotions. ...
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[horse] Petrushka is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse who was bred in Ireland and trained in the United Kingdom during a racing career which lasted from October 1999 to June 2001. She was named European Champion Three-Year-Old Filly at the 2000 Cartier Racing Awards. In her championship season she won four times from seven starts including ...
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(from the article `Punch`) Other puppets have developed from the same origins as Punch, such as Petrushka (Petrouchka) in Russia.
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(from the article `theatre music`) ...music for ballet. He gained international acclaim with the first products of his collaboration with the Ballets Russes of the Russian impresario ... Polytonality first appeared in music of the early 20th century. Stravinsky`s Petrushka (1911) employs `black keys against white` (in terms of...
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