Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839 – 1881)

Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as The Five (a circle of composers who met in St. Petersburg in the years 1856–1870), the others being Mily Balakirev (the leader), César Cui, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Borodin. The group strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music.

Mussorgsky was an innovator and many of his works were inspired by Russian history, Russian folklore, and other nationalist themes. Such works include the opera 'Boris Godunov'', the orchestral tone poem 'Night on Bare 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. Many of his most important compositions have recently come into their own in their original forms, and some of the original scores are now also available.

 

 

Mussorgsky

Compositions in catalogue

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Brentwood Horn Club series
 

 
 
Twelve horns
 
 
 

Pictures at an Exhibition
edb 0112002
33.00

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