sentences:  "The Composer Is Dead" was inspired by Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" and is similar to Benjamin Britten's "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" in that it is intended to introduce young audiences to the instruments in the orchestra.The world premiere recording by the San Francisco Symphony, with Handler narrating as Snicket, and Edwin Outwater conducting is to be included with every copy of the expanded book.After its premiere, "The Composer Is Dead" was immediately taken up by the Toronto Symphony's New Creations Festival and has since been programmed by many orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic , Orpheus Sinfonia and the Treasure Valley Symphony.