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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky [a] (/ m ʊ ˈ s ɔːr ɡ s k i,-ˈ z ɔːr ɡ-/; Russian: Модест Петрович Мусоргский [b], romanized: Modest Petrovich Musorgsky [c], IPA: [mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj] ⓘ; 21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1839 – 28 March [O.S. 16 March] 1881) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five.
King Lear, Music to Shakespeare's Tragedy: 1859: 1860: arrangement for piano 4-hands of the overture and entr'actes to the incidental music King Lear by Mily Balakirev: Andante, from String Quartet in C major: 1859: 1859: arrangement for piano solo of the 2nd movement of the String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, by Ludwig van Beethoven
Sunless (Russian: Без солнца, Bez Solntsa, literally Without Sun) is a song cycle by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, written in 1874 and arranged for voice and piano. The song cycle is set to poems by Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov , a relative of the composer.
Pictures at an Exhibition [a] is a piano suite in ten movements, plus a recurring and varied Promenade theme, written in 1874 by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky.It is a musical depiction of a tour of an exhibition of works by architect and painter Viktor Hartmann put on at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, following his sudden death in the previous year.
This list may not reflect recent changes. List of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky; D. The Destruction of Sennacherib (choral work) N. Night (Mussorgsky song)
Mussorgsky in 1874. Songs and Dances of Death (Russian: Песни и пляски смерти, Pesni i plyaski smerti) is a song cycle for voice (usually bass or bass-baritone) and piano by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, written in the mid-1870s, to poems by Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov, a relative of the composer.
Song cycles by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–81). ... This list may not reflect recent changes. N. The Nursery; S. Songs and Dances of Death; Sunless (song cycle)
Khovanshchina (Russian: Хованщина, IPA: [xɐˈvanʲɕːɪnə] ⓘ, sometimes rendered The Khovansky Affair) is an opera (subtitled a 'national music drama') in five acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The work was written between 1872 and 1880 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The composer wrote the libretto based on historical sources. The opera was ...