Prokofiev originally wrote the music for the ballet Ala i Lolli, the story of which takes place among the Scythians. Commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev, the ballet was written to a scenario by Russian poet Sergey Gorodetsky. But when Diaghilev rejected the score even before its completion, the composer reworked the music into a suite for concert performance.
| Date of composition | 1915 (1914-1915) |
| Premiered | 1916, January 29th (Mariinsky Theatre) in Saint Petersburg, Russia by Sergei Prokofiev |
| Type | Symphony |
| Catalogue | Op. 20 |
| Approx. duration | 20 minutes |
| Arrangement of | Sergei Prokofiev: Ala i Lolli, Op. 20 |
| Instruments | Orchestra |
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