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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.
Great Gate of Kyiv, which is also known as one of the Bogatyr Gates of Kyiv: Golden Gate, Kyiv 11th century gate of Kyiv and 20th century reconstruction as a museum; The Bogatyr Gates (In the Capital in Kyiv), movement 10 of Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, also known as "The Great Gate of Kyiv" The Wanderer (Holy Blood album)#1.
The Great Gate of Kiev. 3 Recordings. 4 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... Mussorgsky's original 1874 composition was a suite for piano, however, ...
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.
Pictures at an Exhibition is a live album by English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in November 1971 on Island Records.It features the group's rock adaptation of Pictures at an Exhibition, the piano suite by Modest Mussorgsky, performed at Newcastle City Hall on 26 March 1971.
(Though the comparison may seem unfair, Tchaikovsky authority David Brown has pointed out that, because of their similar time-frames, the finale of the Little Russian shows what Mussorgsky could have done with "The Great Gate of Kiev" from Pictures at an Exhibition had he possessed academic training comparable to that of Tchaikovsky.) [58]
In 1869 Hartmann entered a competition with his design for the Bogatyr Gate (The Great Gate of Kiev) [1] [2] as a commemoration of a failed assassination attempt of the tsar of Russia, Alexander II. [3] Since Vladimir Stasov had introduced him to the circle of Mily Balakirev in 1870, he had been a close friend of the composer Modest Mussorgsky.
Later, the Southern Gate became known as the Great Gate of Kyiv. After the Blahovist Church (Church of the Annunciation) was built next to the gate, its golden domes became a prominent landmark easily visible from outside the city. Since then, the gateway has been referred to as the Golden Gate of Kyiv.