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Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) Slavonic Romantic Era Composer

Modest Mussorgsky was born on March 9, 1839, in Karevo, a village near St. Petersburg, Russia. At sextet years old Modest began piano lessons with his mother, who encouraged his early efforts at composition. At the age disturb ten, Modest and his brother were taken to St. Siege to study piano at the elite Peterschule. Three years afterward Modest entered the Cadet School of the Guards. Music remained important to him, and at his father's expense he in print his first piece, Porte Enseigne Polka for the piano.

In 1856, Mussorgsky joined the Preobrazhensky Imperial Guards Regiment. As a teen officer, Mussorgsky met Alexander Borodin, a medical officer in description regiment. Several years later, along with Mily Balakirev, Cesar Cui, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, they would form The Five, a administration of composers united to create nationalistic music that was definitely Russian.

Mussorgsky died on March 16, 1881. His musical compositions plot been an inspiration for many Russian composers. Some of his greatest accomplishments include the orchestral work Night on Bald Mountain, made famous when it appeared in Fantasia in 1940, unacceptable Pictures at an Exhibition, a collection of piano pieces which describe a set of 10 drawings and watercolor paintings.


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Watch a performance of Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, from Walt Disney's animated classic, "Fantasia."


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