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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: Модест Петрович Мусоргский, romanized: 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".
Modest Mussorgsky (born March 9 [March 21, New Style], 1839, Karevo, Russia—died March 16 [March 28], 1881, St. Petersburg) was a Russian composer noted particularly for his opera Boris Godunov (final version first performed 1874), his songs, and his piano piece Pictures from an Exhibition (1874).
Modest Mussorgsky, (born March 21, 1839, Karevo, Russia—died March 28, 1881, St. Petersburg), Russian composer. Composing without training in his teens, he met several of the composers with whom he later made up The Five, a group with the common goal of creating a nationalist school of Russian music.
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer renowned for his innovative contributions to Russian music in the 19th century. His compositions, particularly his operas and piano works, are celebrated for their vivid portrayal of Russian life and culture.
Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky is undoubtedly best-known for two pieces: his fiery orchestral tone poem Night on a Bare Mountain (sometimes rendered as Night on Bald Mountain), depicting a gruesome witches' sabbath, and his Pictures at an Exhibition, a suite consisting of musical representations of several paintings by the composer's friend ...
Modest Mussorgsky was one of the five Russian nationalist composers known as the “Russian Five.” He was born to a well-to-do landowner and began taking piano lessons from his mother around the age of six.
Modest Mussorgski. Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was born in Karevo on 21 March 1839. His parents ran an estate and enabled Mussorgsky to learn to play the piano at a very early age. He was sent to a cadet school, from which he graduated in 1856. He then served in the military hospital in St.Petersburg.
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881) was one of five Russian composers known as the 'Mighty Handful' for their nationalist tendencies. Mussorgsky was one of music's great originals. Everything he composed was conceived in terms of natural rhythms, melodies and harmonies of Slavonic folk music.
Modest Mussorgsky. (1839—1881) Russian composer. Quick Reference. ( b Karevo, Pskov, 1839; d St Petersburg, 1881). Russ. composer. Showed mus. talent as a child but was destined for an army career. In 1857 he met Balakirev in St Petersburg and studied with him, resigning his commission the next year.
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881) was one of five Russian composers known as the 'Mighty Handful' for their nationalist tendencies. Life and Music Mussorgsky was one of music’s great originals.
