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Modest Moessorgski
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Modest Moessorgski · Modest Mussorgsky was an officer and later a civil servant in St Petersburg and belonged to the Group of Five, composers who wanted a Russian music of their own. He had little formal training and let himself be guided by the sound of the Russian language and folk music instead of Western rules. His Картинки с выставки (Pictures at an Exhibition) from 1874 describes a walk past the work of his late friend Viktor Hartmann. His opera Boris Godunov became a model for Debussy.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to the Promenade and hear how the time signature keeps changing, as if you were walking through a museum gallery with irregular steps.
Schilderijententoonstelling: Promenade (Leif Ove Andsnes) · Modest Moessorgski, 1874
Een nacht op de kale berg, versie 1867 (Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano) · Modest Moessorgski, 1867
Boris Godoenov: Kroningsscène (Mariinsky, Valery Gergiev) · Modest Moessorgski, 1872
Schilderijen van een tentoonstelling: De grote poort van Kiev (Alfred Brendel) · Modest Moessorgski, 1874
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