Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
Author of Night on Bald Mountain; Pictures at an exhibition [sound recording]
About the Author
Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky was born in Karevo, Russia. Educated for the army, he resigned his commission in 1848 after the onset of a nervous disorder and began studying music. Along with Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov, he was one of the first to promote a national Russian style of music. show more Mussorgsky first became known for his songs, among them the well-known setting of Goethe's (see Vol. 2) satirical "Song of the Flea" (1879). His masterpiece, however, is the opera Boris Godunov (1874), a wonderful example of his ability to "color" his music. His piano suite Pictures from an Exhibition (1874) is also a standard work in the concert repertoire of today. During the latter part of his life, Mussorgsky sank into chronic alcoholism, and this contributed to an early death. After his death, his friend Rimsky-Korsakov took many of the composer's unfinished pieces and completed or arranged them. Today, the original versions of many of Mussorgsky's works are making a comeback and deserve serious attention. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an exhibition {1874 piano} + Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ravel} [sound recording] (1989) — Composer — 27 copies
Boris Godounov [programme book] 13 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ravel} + Rimsky-Korsakov : Capriccio Espagnol + The golden cockerel :… (1994) — Composer — 13 copies
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain, Sennacherib, Salammbo, Oedipus, Joshua (1993) 10 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Ravel : La Valse : Mouvement De Valse Viennoise [sound recording] (1994) — Composer — 9 copies
Khovanshchina : Act 4 : Intermezzo + Dance of the Persian slaves + Night on Bald Mountain + Pictures at an exhibition… (1987) — Composer — 9 copies
Moussorgsky : Ravel : Pictures at an Exhibition [full score - Masterworks] (2002) — Composer — 8 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Ravel : Boléro [sound recording] (1996) — Composer — 8 copies
Mussorgsky : Khovanshchina : Prelude + Night on the bare mountain + Pictures at an exhibition + Rimsky-Korsakov :… — Composer — 8 copies
Borodin : Prince Igor : Polovtsian dances + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Night on Bald Mountain + Prokofiev… — Composer — 8 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ravel} + Stravinsky : Firebird Suite [sound recording] — Composer — 7 copies
Alfred Masterwork Edition : Moussorgsky : Pictures at an Exhibition : For the piano (2002) — Composer — 6 copies
Pictures at an exhibition [incorrectly combined editions] — Composer — 6 copies
Franck : Psyche : 4. Psyche and Eros + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition [sound recording] (1992) — Composer — 6 copies
Chopin : Etude in F major + Waltz in A minor + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {1874 piano} + Pictures at an… — Composer — 6 copies
La Khovantchina [programme book] 6 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ravel} + Respighi : Pines of Rome + Fountains of Rome [sound recording] — Composer — 5 copies
Pictures at an exhibition [sound recording] — Composer — 5 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Ravel : Mother Goose + Rapsodie Espagnole [sound recording] (1987) — Composer — 5 copies
Night on Bald Mountain {orch. Rimsky-Korsakov} + Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ravel} + Songs and dances of death… (1998) — Composer — 5 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ravel} + Rimsky-Korsakov : Capriccio Espagnol, Op.34 [sound recording] — Composer — 5 copies
Bach : Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C, BWV.564 + Glinka : The Lark + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition [sound… (2002) — Composer — 5 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Ravel : La Valse [sound recording] — Composer — 5 copies
Borodin : In the steppes of Central Asia + Prince Igor : Polovtsian dances + Mussorgsky : Night on Bald Mountain +… (1992) — Composer — 5 copies
Nursery: a cycle of seven songs 5 copies
Khovanshchina : Introduction {Dawn on the Moscow River} + Night On Bald Mountain {orch. Rimsky-Korsakov} + Pictures at… (1990) — Composer — 4 copies
Boris Godunov 4 copies
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov 4 copies
Borodin : Prince Igor : Polovtsian dances + Symphony no.2 + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition [sound recording] (2008) — Composer — 4 copies
Chopin : Etude in E, Op.10 no.3 + Liszt : Etudes D'Exécution Transcendante : Nos.5 & 11 + Valse Oubliée no.1 in F… — Composer — 4 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Ravel : Valses nobles et sentimentales [sound recording] (1997) — Composer — 4 copies
Khovanchtchina, Introduction 3 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Ravel : Boléro + Rapsodie Espagnole [sound recording] (1993) — Composer — 3 copies
Modest Petrovitsj Moesorgski, 1839-1881, Boris Godoenov : opera in vier delen (zeven taferelen) 3 copies
Pictures at an Exhibition - Night on Bald Mountain - Songs and Dances of Death, etc. 2 CD (2004) 3 copies
Eulenburg Audio+Score : Mussorgsky + Ravel : Pictures at an exhibition : for orchestra [score : study + sound… (2010) — Composer — 3 copies
Modeste Mussorgsky 3 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Bizet + Debussy + Prokofiev + Rachmaninoff + Scriabin + Sousa + Tchaikovsky… (1992) — Composer — 3 copies
Borodin : Prince Igor : Polovtsian dances + 1812 Overture + Night on Bald Mountain + Russian Easter Overture [sound… — Composer — 3 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ravel} + Stravinsky : Pétrouchka [sound recording] — Composer — 3 copies
Get to know classical masterpieces : Modest P. Mussorgsky : Pictures At An Exhibition : In a simple arrangement for… (2001) — Composer — 2 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Liszt : 'Danta' Sonata + Wagner/Liszt : Tristan Und Isolde : Isolde's… — Composer — 2 copies
Debussy : Images : Book 2 : no.1 Cloches a travers les feuilles + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {1874 piano} +… (2002) — Composer — 2 copies
Liszt : Abendglocken + Invocation + Sursum Corda + Vexilla Regis Prodeunt + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition… — Composer — 2 copies
Brahms : Piano Pieces + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition [sound recording] — Composer — 2 copies
Pictures at an Exhibition 2 copies
The Old Castle 2 copies
Boris Godunov 2 copies
Chabrier : Menuet Pompeux + Debussy : Danse {Tarantelle Styrienne} + Pour Le Piano : Sarabande + Mussorgsky : Pictures… (1997) — Composer — 2 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an Exhibition (Original Piano Version & Orchestral Version: Ashkenazy) (1967) — Composer — 2 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {organ transcription}+ Stravinsky : Pétrouchka : Three dances {organ… — Composer — 2 copies
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Medtner: Improvisation No. 1 / Tchaikovsky: The Seasons [sound recording] (1999) — Composer — 2 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Tchaikovsky : Piano concerto no.1 in B flat minor, Op.23 + By the Water [sound… (1990) — Composer — 2 copies
Ashkenazy Live in Moscow - Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 / Mussorgsky Khovanshchina Prelude / Ravel Daphnis and Chloe… — Composer, some editions — 2 copies
Opera Highlights 10: Boris Godunov 2 copies
Capture of Kars {original version} + Khovanchina : Prelude {orch. Rimsky-Korsakov} + Night on Bald Mountain {orch.… (2002) — Composer — 2 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Tchaikovsky : Grand sonata for piano [sound recording] (2008) — Composer — 2 copies
FESTIVAL OF RUSSIAN MUSIC: TCHAIKOVSKY: MARCHE SLAVE / MARCHE MINIATURE - MOUSSORGSKY: A NIGHT ON BARE MOUNTAIN -… (1960) 2 copies
Pictures at an exhibition {1874 piano} [sound recording] — Composer — 2 copies
Pictures at an Exhibition 2 copies
Pictures reframed - Mussorgsky: From Memories of Childhood, Near the Southern Shore of the Crimea, Pictures at an… (2009) — Composer — 2 copies
Songs. [Sound recording] 1 copy
Pictures from an exhibition 1 copy
Boris Godunov : an opera in four acts with a prologue ; English translation by David Lloyd-Jones 1 copy
Gopak 1 copy
Bilder einer Ausstellung 1 copy
Khovanshchina {excerpt} + Pictures at an exhibition {orch.Ravel} [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Rimsky-Korsakov : Flight of the bumble-bee [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Scriabin : Poem of Ecstasy [sound recording] (1993) — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {1874 piano} + Small : Renoir's Feast [sound recording] (2006) — Composer — 1 copy
Salammbo 1 copy
Songs 1 copy
Sorochintsi Fair 1 copy
Britten : The young person's guide to the orchestra, Op.34 + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ravel}… — Composer — 1 copy
Overture to KHOVANSHTINA 1 copy
Balakirev : Islamey : Oriental fantasy + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {piano} [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Boris Godunow 1 copy
Hopak for the piano 1 copy
Cuadros de una exposición 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ravel} + Ravel : Daphnis and Chloé : Suite no.2 [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Complete Works. Urtext 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Rachmaninov : Etudes - Tableau Op.33 nos.2 and 4 + Etudes - Tableau Op.39… — Composer — 1 copy
St Nicholas Mass = Missa Sancti Nicolai : for mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, semi-chorus of boys' or girls'… (1990) 1 copy
Choral works + Night on Bald Mountain {original version} + Pictures at an exhibition [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Khovantchina 1 copy
Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhbition, The Seamstress, From the Memories of Childhood (Russian Piano Music 8) (2011) 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Ravel : Gaspard de la Nuit [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Khovanshchina : Galitsin's Journey + Pictures at an exhibition + Songs and dances of death [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Music for orchestra. 1 copy
Balakirev : Islamey : Oriental fantasy + Mussorgsky : Hopak + On the southern shore of the Crimea + Pictures at an… — Composer — 1 copy
Gopak for violin and piano 1 copy
Борис Годунов 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Scarlatti : Sonata K380 + Haydn : Piano Sonata E flat major [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Prayer 1 copy
Compositores 1 copy
Prayer from Boris Godunov 1 copy
Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov / Nesterenko, Sinyavskaya, Piavko, Kudryashov, Vedernikov, Eizen, Lazarev, Bolshoi Opera (2005) 1 copy
Pictures at an exhibition : 10. Great gate at Kiev [eight-part tuba/euphonium ensemble] — Composer — 1 copy
Borodin : Prince Igor : Polovtsian dances + Mussorgsky : Russian Easter overture, Op.36 + Night on the bare mountain +… — Composer — 1 copy
La Khovanshchina 1 copy
Salammbô [programme book] 1 copy
Boris Godounov 1 copy
Khovanshchina : Prelude + Pictures at an exhibition + Songs and dances of death [sound recording] 1 copy
Fair at Sorochyntsi : Hopak + Khovantchina : Prelude + Night on Bald Mountain + Pictures at an exhibition [sound… — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Tchaikovsky : Francesca da Rimini, Op.32 [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Hopak + Memories of childhood + Niania and me + Night on Bald Mountain + Pictures at an exhibition {1874 piano} +… — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ravel} + Tchaikovsky : Serenade in C major for string orchestra, Op.48… — Composer — 1 copy
Esprit/Bilder Einer Ausst 1 copy
Boris Godunow 1 copy
Khovantxina 1 copy
Coronation Scene 1 copy
Vladimir Horowitz, pianist 1 copy
Pictures/Petrouchka/Dumka 1 copy
Boris Godoenov 1 copy
Une Larme 1 copy
Boris Godunov 1 copy
Lieder und Tänze des Todes 1 copy
Cuadros de una exposición 1 copy
Tableaux d'une exposition 1 copy
Pictures at an exhibition : Part two [catch-all] — Composer — 1 copy
Khovanshchina {suite} + Night on Bald Mountain + Pictures at an exhibition + Sorochintsy Fair : prelude + Hopak [sound… — Composer — 1 copy
Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ashkenazy} — Composer — 1 copy
Pictures at an exhibition {1874 piano} [catch-all] — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Ravel : Boléro + La Valse [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Pictures at an exhibition [score] : transcribed for the piano — Composer — 1 copy
Pictures at an exhibition {1874 piano} [piano score] — Composer — 1 copy
Hopak + Meditation + Night on Bald Mountain + Pictures at an exhibition {1874 piano} + Scene from 'Sorochintsy Fair' +… — Composer — 1 copy
Ansermet In Russia 1 copy
Boris Gudunov 1 copy
Pictures at an exhibition {1874 piano} [transcribed for organ] — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Tchaikovsky : 6 Piano pieces Op.21 + The Seasons + Sleeping Beauty [sound… (2005) — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {1874 piano} + Rachmaninov : Études-Tableaux : Op.33 n° 4, 5, 8 +… — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Ravel : Le tombeau de couperin [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Stravinsky : Firebird + Petrushka : 3 Pieces [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Night on Bald Mountain {original version} + Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ravel} [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Cuadros de una exposición 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Shostakovich : Preludes Op.34 [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Boris Godunov : Symphonic synthesis + Khovanshchina : Act 4 : Enr'acte + Night on Bald Mountain + Pictures… — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Prokofiev : Symphony no.1 'Classical' + Tchaikovsky : 1812 Overture [sound… — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky: 8 Various Pieces 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Ravel : Daphnis and Chloe: Suite no.2 + La Valse [sound recording] (2011) — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov 1 copy
Pictures at an exhibition [score] — Composer — 1 copy
Khovanschina : Prelude 'Dawn on the Moscow River + Night on a bare mountain + Pictures at an exhibition + Sorotchinsky… — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {piano} + Stravinsky : Pétrouchka : Three movements [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Pictures at an exhibition [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Lieder Songs 1 copy
Icon 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ravel} + Webern : Six pieces for orchestra, Op.6 [sound recording] (2011) — Composer — 1 copy
Night on Bald Mountain + Pictures at an exhibition + Prince Igor [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
A Night on Bare Mountain 1 copy
Khovanschina 1 copy
Pictures at an exhibition [two clarinets and piano score] — Composer — 1 copy
Complete Songs 1 copy
Lieder III (Peters no.3394c) 1 copy
Lieder II (Peters no.3394b) 1 copy
Boris Godounov 1872 version 1 copy
Pictures at an exhibition {selections, arr. Mishra} [string orchestra conductor score & parts] — Composer — 1 copy
Boris Godounov 1869 version 1 copy
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture & Marche Slave / Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmila Overture / Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III /… (1987) — Composer — 1 copy
Opern der Welt : Textbuch : Einführung und Kommentar : Mussorgskij : Boris Godunow (1997) — Librettist, Composer — 1 copy
Boris Godunov, 1 copy
BBC Proms 2018 : Prom 03 : BBC Young Musician 40th Anniversary [video recording] (2018) — Composer — 1 copy
BBC Proms 2013 : Prom 41 : Borodin, Glazunov, Gubaidulina & Mussorgsky : Part 2 [sound recording] (2013) — Composer — 1 copy
Hebrew Song 1 copy
Debussy : Sarabande + Danse + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an Exhibition + Ravel : Bolero [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Liszt: Les Préludes / Smetana: The Moldau / Moussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain / Sibelius: Valse Triste [sound… — Composer — 1 copy
Pictures at an exhibition : Part one [catch all] — Contributor — 1 copy
Boris Gudounov (Complete) 1 copy
Boris Godounoff 1 copy
Promenade 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Prokofiev : Sonata no.7 in B flat minor [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Moussorgsky : Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Introduction to Khovanshchina 1 copy
Pictures at an exhibition 1 copy
Russian Orchestral Favourites, Vol. 1 (Moussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain, Borodin: Prince Igor Overture,… (1998) 1 copy
Scenes from "Boris Godounov" 1 copy
Tchaikovsky;Capriccio Ital. 1 copy
Balakirev : Islamey : Oriental fantasy + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Stravinsky : Petrouschka Suite [sound… — Composer — 1 copy
Khovanshchina : Prelude + Pictures at an exhibition [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Songs by Russian Composers [1980, Christoff, Ghiuselev] — composer — 1 copy
Art of-Volume. 1 1 copy
Recital [Live, 1962-69] — composer — 1 copy
AT Immortal, Vol. VIII: Orchestral Showpieces (Mussorgsky, Sibelius, R. Strauss, etc.) [1950-53] (2002) — composer — 1 copy
Ippolitov-Ivanov : Caucasian sketches, Op.10 + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {Orch. Stokowski} + Scriabin :… — Composer — 1 copy
BBC Proms 2019 : Prom 39 : Elgar, Errollyn Wallen, Mendelssohn and Mussorgsky [sound recording] (2019) — Composer — 1 copy
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Tchaikovsky : Romeo & Juliet [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Beethoven : Piano sonata no.8 in C minor, Op.13 'Pathetique' + Brahms : Rhapsodies, Op.79 + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an… — Composer — 1 copy
Debussy : Sarabande + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition + Ravel : Daphnis and Chloe Suite 2 + La Valse [sound… — Composer — 1 copy
Borodin : Prince Igor : Polovtsian Dances + Lyadov : The Enchanted Lake, Op.62 + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition… (2003) — Composer — 1 copy
Dvorak : Symphony no.9 'New World' + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Borodin : Symphony no.2 + Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition [video recording] (2009) — Composer — 1 copy
Borodin : Prince Igor : Polovtsian dances + Mussorgsky : A Night on the bare mountain + Tchaikovsky : Romeo and Juliet… — Composer — 1 copy
Prokofiev : Romeo & Juliet {Suite no.1, Op.64bis + Suite no.2, Op. 64ter} + Mussorgsky : Night on Bald Mountain [sound… — Composer — 1 copy
Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ravel} [video recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Associated Works
Ravel : Bolero + Debussy : La Mer + Mussorgsky/Ravel : Pictures at an Exhibition [sound recording] (1996) — Composer — 10 copies
Mussorgsky : Pictures at an exhibition {orch. Ravel} + Stravinsky : Rite of spring [sound recording] (2004) — Composer — 7 copies
The Sound of The Academy — Composer — 7 copies
Firebird — Composer — 5 copies
Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov / Nesterenko, Piavko, Arkhipova, Yaroslavtsev, Kalinina, Sokolov, Eisen, Khaikin, Bolshoi… (2005) — Composer — 2 copies
BORIS GODUNOV GHIAUROV VIENNA PHILHARMONIC KARAJAN - 4 RECORD SET BOOKLET - vinyl lp. (1971) — Composer — 1 copy
Symphony No. 10 in E minor Op. 93; Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death [recording] — Composer — 1 copy
The World's Greatest Classics — Composer — 1 copy
The World's Greatest Classics, Vol. 4 — Composer — 1 copy
The originals : legendary recordings from the Deutsche Grammophon catalogue [recorded music] — Composer — 1 copy
Boris Godunov — Composer — 1 copy
The Beginning of the Legend — Composer — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Mussorgsky, Modest
- Legal name
- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Мусоргский, Модест Петрович - Other names
- Musorgski, Modest
Musorskiy, Modest - Birthdate
- 1839-03-21
- Date of death
- 1881-03-28
- Burial location
- Tikhvin Cemetery of the Aleksandr Nevsky Monastery in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Country (for map)
- Russia
- Birthplace
- Karevo, Toropets Uyezd, Pskov Governorate, Russian Empire
- Occupations
- composer
officer in Preobrazhensky Regiment, Russian Imperial Guard
civil servant
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- Works
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- Rating
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- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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