Modest Mussorgsky
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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five." He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period and strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical i
The aristocratic Mussorgsky brothers—Filaret (also known as "Yevgeniy", left), and Modest (right) in 1858
Monument on the site of the Mussorgsky family house in Karevo, Pskov Oblast
Mussorgsky in 1856 as a cadet in the Preobrazhensky Regiment of the Imperial Guard
Alexander Dargomyzhsky
Night on Bald Mountain
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Night on Bald Mountain, also known as Night on the Bare Mountain, is a series of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky. Inspired by Russian literary works and legend, Mussorgsky composed a "musical pictur
Modest Mussorgsky
…were inspired by Russian history, Russian folklore, and other national themes. Such works include the opera Boris Godunov, the orchestral tone poem Night on Bald Mountain and the piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition. For many years, Mussorgsky's works were mainly known in versions revised or completed by other composers…
Modest Mussorgsky, 1865
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Title page of Rimsky-Korsakov's edition, published by V. Bessel and Co.
Leopold Stokowski