Modest Mussorgsky

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: Модест Петрович Мусоргский, tr. Modest Petrovich Musorgsky, 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". He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period. He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music. Many of his works were inspired by Russian history, Russian folklore, and other national themes. Such works include the opera Boris Godunov, the orchestral tone poem Night on Bald 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 posthumously come into their own in their original forms, and some of the original scores are now also available.

"Music for a While" - Relaxing Melodies - 2025-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Roaring Seventies - 2025-02-09T00:00:00.000000Z

The Prodigy Conductor - 2025-01-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Scenes from Childhood - 2024-12-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven & Friends: Classics by the Great Composers - 2024-11-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Similar Artists

Alexander Borodin

Alexander Scriabin

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Bedřich Smetana

Sergei Lyapunov

Edward Elgar

Richard Wetz

Viktor Stepanovych Kosenko

Edward MacDowell

Mily Balakirev