Sergei Prokofiev composed Romeo and Juliet in 1935 by commission from the Kirov Ballet.
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Words. Shakespeare has them. Ballet does not.
Sergei Prokofiev wrote the most famous ballet music based on Romeo and Juliet, and he did also write ballet music for Cinderella.
Which Romeo and Juliet are you talking about? Romeus and Juliet the poem by Arthur Brooke? Romeo and Juliet the play by William Shakespeare? Romeo and Juliet the Symphonic Poem by Tchaikovsky? Romeo and Juliet the ballet by Prokofieff? Romeo and Juliet the song by Dire Straits? All of them are original works even though they are all about the same story.
Romeo and Juliet was a play, written by William Shakespeare who was a playwright, not a composer.Romeo and Juliet has also been set to music. Russian composers Tchaikowsky and Prokofiev each wrote a ballet called Romeo and Juliet.
I don't know if you are talking about the famous poem Romeus and Juliet, written by Arthur Brooke, or the famous play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, or the famous symphonic poem Romeo & Juliet, written by Tchaikovsky, or the famous dramatic symphony Romeo et Juliet, written by Berlioz, or the famous opera Romeo et Juliette, written by Gounod, or the famous ballet Romeo and Juliet, written by Prokofiev, or the famous popular song Romeo and Juliet written by Mark Knopfler.