Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1835-1881), Russian composer of operas and orchestral works and songs. Or go over to the
Royal Festival Hall or some such
area, the music hall, and start talking outside when you hear-oh, there's something by Mussorgsky, you see? -E-
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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881), one of the most influential and original composers in the
history of Russian music. His Boris Godunov (1874) is
thought of as one of the finest Russian operas, for which he was most notably known. His
major contribution to the piano
repertoire, one for which he is also famous, is
Pictures at an
Exhibition. His
bold and rather unconventional harmonies influenced many later non-Russian composers. The sixty-five songs he composed portray vivid
pictures of Russian
life and capture the inflections of spoken Russian. He died in 1881 of
alcoholism, leaving behind a number of scores and operas incomplete, later to be
completed by other Russian composers.
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1835 - 1881), Russian composer of operas and orchestral works and songs.