List of works by Modest Mussorgsky
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Category Title Translation Start End Text Basis Status Pub. Publisher
Opera Han d'Islande Hans of Iceland 1856 1856 Hugo
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France....

 
Projected
Opera Эдип в Афинах Oedipus in Athens 1858 1860 Ozerov
Vladislav Ozerov
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Ozerov was the most popular Russian dramatist in the first decades of the 19th century....

 
Unfinished 1883
Opera Salammbô (or Ливиец) Salammbô
Salammbô (Mussorgsky)
Salammbô [alternative title: The Libyan ] is an unfinished opera in 4 acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The fragmentary Russian language libretto was written by the composer, and is based on the novel Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert , but includes verses taken from poems by Vasily Zhukovsky, Apollon Maykov,...

 
(or The Libyan)
1863 1866 Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary , and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style.-Early life and education:Flaubert was born on December 12, 1821, in Rouen,...

 
Unfinished 1939 Muzgiz
Opera Женитьба Marriage
Zhenitba (opera)
Zhenitba is an unfinished opera begun in 1868 by Modest Mussorgsky to his own libretto based on Nikolai Gogol's comedy Marriage. This 1842 play is a satire of courtship and cowardice, which centres around a young woman, Agafya, who is wooed by four bachelors, each with his own...

 
1868 1868 Gogol
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist and novelist.Considered by his contemporaries one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in Gogol's work a fundamentally romantic sensibility, with strains of Surrealism...

 
Unfinished 1908 Bessel
Opera Борис Годунов Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov (opera)
Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky . The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece. Its subjects are the Russian ruler Boris Godunov, who reigned as Tsar during the Time of Troubles,...

 
1868 1869 Pushkin  Initial 1928 Muzsektor
Opera Бобыль The Landless Peasant 1870 1870 Spielhagen  Projected
Opera Борис Годунов Boris Godunov 1871 1872 Pushkin Revision 1874 Bessel
Opera-Ballet Млада Mlada
Mlada
Mlada was a project originally envisioned as a ballet to be composed by Alexander Serov and choreographed by Marius Petipa. The project was later revised in 1872 as an opera-ballet in four acts, with the composition of the score to be divided between César Cui, Léon Minkus, Modest Mussorgsky,...

 
1872 1872 Krylov  Unfinished 1931
Opera Хованщина Khovanshchina
Khovanshchina
Khovanshchina is an opera in five acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The work was written between 1872 and 1880 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The composer wrote the libretto based on historical sources...

 
1872 1880 Mussorgsky Unfinished 1883 Bessel
Opera Сорочинская ярмарка The Fair at Sorochyntsi  1874 1880 Gogol Unfinished 1916 Bessel
Opera Пугачёвщина Pugachovshchina 1877 1877 Pushkin Projected
Orchestra Скерцо B-dur Scherzo in B flat major 1858 1858 1883
Orchestra Alla marcia notturna Alla marcia notturna (like a nocturnal march) 1861 1861 2002 Carus Verlag
Orchestra Симфония D-dur Symphony in D major 1861 1862 Lost
Orchestra Иванова ночь на лысой горе St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain
Night on Bald Mountain
Night on Bald Mountain is a composition by Modest Mussorgsky that exists in, at least, two versions—a seldom performed 1867 version or a later and very popular "fantasy for orchestra" arranged by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, A Night on the Bare Mountain , based on the vocal score of the "Dream Vision...

 
1867 1867 1886
Orchestra Intermezzo symphonique in modo classico Symphonic Intermezzo in the Classic Style 1867 1867 G. Schirmer
Orchestra Подибрад чешский Podebrad of Bohemia 1867 1867 Projected
Orchestra Взятие Карса (марш) The Capture of Kars (March) 1880 1880 1883
Orchestra Transcaucasian Suite 1880 1880 Projected
Piano Porte-enseigne (Polka) Porte-enseigne (Polka) 1852 1852 1852 Bernard
Piano Souvenir d'Enfance Souvenir of Childhood 1857 1857 1911 Bessel
Piano Соната Es-dur Sonata in E flat major 1858 1858 Lost
Piano Соната fis-moll Sonata in F sharp minor 1858 1858 Lost
Piano Скерцо cis-moll Scherzo in C sharp minor 1858 1858 Initial 1911 Bessel
Piano Скерцо cis-moll Scherzo in C sharp minor 1858 1858 Revision 1939 Muzgiz
Piano Скерцо B-dur Scherzo in B flat major 1858 1858
Piano Duet Персидский хор из оперы „Руслан и Людмила“ Persian Chorus from the Opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila" 1858 1858 Arrangement
Piano Duet Souvenir d'une nuit d'été à Madrid Souvenir of a Summer Night in Madrid 1858 1858 Arrangement
Piano Impromptu Impromptu 1859 1859 Initial 1939 Muzgiz
Piano Impromptu passionné Passionate Impromptu (Recollection of Beltov and Lyuba) 1859 1859 Revision 1911 Bessel
Piano Ein Kinderscherz Children's Games 1859 1859 1934 Muzgiz
Piano Duet Увертюра на три русские темы Overture on Three Russian Themes 1860 1860 Arrangement
Piano Duet Король Лир, музыка к трагедии Шекспира King Lear, music to Shakespeare's Tragedy 1860 1860 Arrangement
Piano Бетховен, Л.: Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 59, No. 3 Andante, from String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, by Beethoven 1859 1859 Arrangement
Piano Ein Kinderscherz Children's Games 1860 1860 1873 Bitner
Piano Duet Соната C-dur Sonata in C major 1860 1860 Unfinished
Piano Preludium in modo classico Prelude in the Classic Style 1860 1860 Lost
Piano Intermezzo in modo classico Intermezzo in the Classic Style 1860 1861 Initial 1873 Bitner
Piano Intermezzo in modo classico Intermezzo in the Classic Style 1867 1867 Revision 1939 Muzgiz
Piano Menuet monstre Menuet monstre 1861 1861 Lost
Piano Duet Бетховен, Л.: Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 130 Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 130 1862 1862 Arrangement
Piano Грузинская песня Georgian Song 1862 1862 Arrangement 1862 Stellovsky
Piano Из воспоминаний детсва From Memories of Childhood 1865 1865 1934 Muzgiz
Piano Дума Rêverie 1865 1865 1911 Bessel
Piano La Capricieuse La Capricieuse 1865 1865 1939 Muzgiz
Piano Бетховен, Л.: Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 59, No. 2 Allegretto, from String Quartet in e minor, Op. 59, No. 2, by Beethoven 1867 1867 Arrangement
Piano Бетховен, Л.: Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 131 Presto, from String Quartet in c-sharp minor, Op. 131, by Beethoven 1867 1867 Arrangement
Piano Бетховен, Л.: Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 135 Lento and Vivace, from String Quartet in F major, Op. 135, by Beethoven 1867 1867 Arrangement
Piano Швея (скерцино) The Seamstress (Scherzino) 1871 1871 1872 Bernard
Piano Картинки с выставки Pictures from an Exhibition
Pictures at an Exhibition
Pictures at an Exhibition is a suite in ten movements composed for piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874.The suite is Mussorgsky's most famous piano composition, and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists...

 
1874 1874 1886 Bessel
Piano Буря на черном море Storm on the Black Sea 1879 1879 Lost
Piano На южном берегу Крыма (Гурзуф у Аю-Дага) On the Southern Shore of the Crimea (Gurzuf at Ayu-Dag) 1880 1880 1880 Bernard
Piano Близ южного берега Крыма Near the Southern Shore of the Crimea (Capriccio) 1880 1880 1880 Bernard
Piano Méditation (feuillet d'album) Meditation (album leaf) 1880 1880 1880 Bernard
Piano Une Larme A Tear 1880 1880 1880 Bernard
Piano Au Village (Quasi Fantasia) In the Village (Quasi Fantasia) 1880 1880 1882
Piano Ярмарочная сцена из оперы Сорочинская ярмарка Market Scene from the opera The Fair at Sorochyntsi 1880 1880 Arrangement 1939 Muzgiz
Piano Гопак веселых паробков из оперы Сорочинская ярмарка Gopak of the Merry Lads from the opera The Fair at Sorochyntsi 1880 1880 Arrangement 1939 Muzgiz
Chorus Марш Шамиля Shamil's March 1859 1859 Projected
Chorus Поражение Сеннахериба The Destruction of Sennacherib 1866 1867 Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, FRS , commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was a British poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement...

 
Initial 1871 Bitner
Chorus Поражение Сеннахериба The Destruction of Sennacherib 1874 1874 Byron Revision 1939 Muzgiz
Chorus Иисус Навин Iisus Navin 1874 1877 1883
Chorus Three Vocalises 1880 1880
Chorus Пять Русских народных песен Five Russian Folksongs 1880 1880 Unfinished
Song Где ты, звёздочка? Where Art Thou, Little Star? 1857 1857 Grekov  Initial 1911 Bessel
Song Где ты, звёздочка? Where Art Thou, Little Star? 1858 1858 Grekov Revision
Song Отчего, скажи, душа-девица Tell Me Gentle Maiden 1858 1858-07-31 Anonymous 1867 Iogansen
Song Du meines Herzens Sehnsucht Thou Longing of My Heart 1858 1858 Anonymous
Song Весёлый час The Joyous Hour 1858 1858 Koltsov
Aleksey Koltsov
Aleksey Vasilievich Koltsov was a Russian poet who has been called a Russian Burns. His poems, frequently placed in the mouth of women, stylize peasant-life songs and idealize agricultural labour....

 
Initial
Song Весёлый час The Joyous Hour 1859 1859 Koltsov Revision
Song Листья шумели уныло Leaves Rustled Sadly 1859 1859 Pleshcheyev  1911 Bessel
Song Что вам слова любви? What are Words of Love to You? 1860 1860 Ammosov
Song Много есть у меня теремов и садов Many Are My Palaces and Gardens 1863 1863 Koltsov
Song Песнь старца Old Man's Song 1863 1863-08-13 Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...

 
1911 Bessel
Song Царь Саул Tsar Saul 1863 1863 Byron 1871 Bessel
Song Но если-бы с тобою я встретиться могла But If I Could Meet Thee Again 1863 1863-08-15 Kurochkin 
Song Дуют ветры, ветры буйные Wild Winds Blow 1864 1864-03-28 Koltsov 1911 Bessel
Song Ночь Night 1864 1864-04-10 Pushkin Initial
Song Ночь Night 1868 1868 Pushkin Revision 1871 Bessel
Song Калистратушка Kalistratushka 1864 1864-05-22 Nekrasov  Initial
Song Калистрат Kalistrat 1864 1864 Nekrasov Revision
Song Duet Ogni sabato (Canto Popolare Toscano) Every Saturday (Tuscan Popular Song) 1864 1864 Arrangement
Song Молитва A Prayer 1865 1865 Lermontov
Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov , a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", became the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837. Lermontov is considered the supreme poet of Russian literature alongside Pushkin and the greatest...

 
Song Отверженная The Outcast [Woman] (An essay in recitative) 1865 1865 Holz-Miller
Song Колыбельная песня Cradle Song 1865 1865 Ostrovsky 
Song Спи, усни, крестьянский сын Sleep, go to sleep, peasant son 1865 1865 Ostrovsky 1871 Bessel
Song Малютка Little One 1866 1866 Pleshcheyev
Song Желание Desire 1866 1866 Heine
Heinrich Heine
Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was one of the most significant German poets of the 19th century. He was also a journalist, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Lieder by composers such as Robert Schumann...

 
Song Из слёз моих выросло много From My Tears 1866 1866 Heine
Song Светик Савишна Darling Savishna 1866 1866 Mussorgsky 1867 Iogansen
Song Ах, ты, пьяная тетеря Ah, You Drunken Sot 1866 1866 Mussorgsky
Song Семинарист The Seminarist 1866 1866 Mussorgsky 1870 Benicke
Song Гопак Gopak 1866 1866 Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...

 
Initial
Song Гопак Gopak 1868 1868 Shevchenko Revision 1868 Iogansen
Song Песнь Ярёмы Yaryoma's Song 1866 1866 Shevchenko Lost
Song На Днепре On the Dnieper 1879 1879 Shevchenko Revision 1888
Song Еврейская песня Hebrew Song 1867 1867 Mey  1868 Iogansen
Song Стрекотунья-белобока Magpie Whitesides 1867 1867 Pushkin 1871 Bessel
Song По грибы Gathering Mushrooms 1867 1867 Mey 1868 Iogansen
Song Пирушка The Banquet (or The Feast) 1867 1867 Koltsov 1868 Iogansen
Song Озорник The Urchin (or The Ragamuffin) 1867 1867 Mussorgsky 1871 Bessel
Song Козёл (Светская сказочка) The He-Goat (A Worldly Tale) 1867 1867 Mussorgsky 1868 Iogansen
Song Классик The Classicist 1867 1867 Mussorgsky 1870 Arngold
Song По над Доном сад цветёт A Garden by the Don Blooms 1867 1867 Koltsov
Song Сиротка The Orphan 1868 1868 Mussorgsky 1871 Bessel
Song Колыбельная Ерёмушки Yeryomushka's Lullaby 1868 1868 Nekrasov 1871 Bessel
Song Детская песенка A Child's Song 1868 1868 Mey 1871
Song Cycle Детская The Nursery
The Nursery (song cycle)
The Nursery is a song cycle by Modest Mussorgsky, composed between 1868 and 1872, set to his own lyrics.-Song Data:-Series 1:-Series 2:...

 
1868 1872 Mussorgsky 1872
Song С няней With Nanny 1868 1868 Mussorgsky Part of a cycle 1872
Song В углу In the Corner 1870 1870 Mussorgsky Part of a cycle 1871
Song Жук The Beetle 1870 1870 Mussorgsky Part of a cycle 1871
Song С куклой With the Doll 1870 1870 Mussorgsky Part of a cycle 1871
Song На сон грядущий At Bedtime 1870 1870 Mussorgsky Part of a cycle 1872
Song Поехал на палочке Ride on a Stick-Horse 1872 1872 Mussorgsky Part of a cycle 1908
Song Кот Матрос The Cat 'Sailor' 1872 1872 Mussorgsky Part of a cycle 1908
Song Раёк The Peep-Show 1870 1870 Mussorgsky 1871 Bessel
Song Вечерняя песенка Evening Song 1871 1871 Pleshcheyev
Song Cycle Без солнца Without Sun
Sunless (song cycle)
Sunless is a song cycle by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, written in 1874, to poems by Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov, a relative of the composer.-Song Titles:The individual song titles are as follows:#«В четырех стенах» Within Four Walls...

 (or Sunless)
1874 1874 Golenishchev-Kutuzov
Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov
Arseny Arkadyevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov , was a Russian poet known in part for writing the texts of Modest Mussorgsky's two song cycles of the 1870s: Sunless and Songs and Dances of Death....

 
1874
Song В четырех стенах Within Four Walls 1874 1874 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1874
Song Меня в толпе ты не узнала Thou Didst Not Know Me in the Crowd 1874 1874 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1874
Song Окончен праздный шумный день The Idle Noisy Day is Ended 1874 1874 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1874
Song Скучай Boredom (or Ennui) 1874 1874 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1874
Song Элегия Elegy 1874 1874 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1874
Song Над рекой Over the River 1874 1874 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1874
Song Забытый Forgotten 1874 1874 Golenishchev-Kutuzov 1874 Bessel
Song Злая смерть (надгробное письмо) Evil Death (The Epitaph) 1874 1874 Mussorgsky Unfinished
Song Крапивная Гора (Рак) Nettle Mountain 1874 1874 Mussorgsky Unfinished 1939 Muzgiz
Song Cycle Песни и пляски смерти Songs and Dances of Death
Songs and Dances of Death
Songs and Dances of Death is a song cycle for voice and piano by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, written in the mid-1870s, to poems by Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov, a relative of the composer....

 
1875 1877 Golenishchev-Kutuzov 1882
Song Колыбельная Lullaby 1875 1875 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1882
Song Серенада Serenade 1875 1875 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1882
Song Трепак Trepak 1875 1875 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1882
Song Полководец The Field-Marshal 1877 1877 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1882
Song Непонятная The Misunderstood One 1875 1875 Mussorgsky
Song Не божиим громом горе ударило Not Like Thunder from Heaven 1877 1877 Tolstoy
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy , was a Russian poet, novelist and playwright, considered to be the most important nineteenth-century Russian historical dramatist...

 
Song Горними тихо летела душа небесами Softly the Spirit Flew up to Heaven 1877 1877 Tolstoy
Song Спесь Pride 1877 1877 Tolstoy 1882
Song Ой, честь ли то молодцу лён прясти Is It an Honor for a Young Man to Weave Flax? 1877 1877 Tolstoy 1882
Song Рассевается, расступается It Scatters and Breaks 1877 1877 Tolstoy 1882
Song Видение The Vision 1877 1877 Golenishchev-Kutuzov
Song Странник The Wanderer 1878 1878 Rückert
Friedrich Rückert
Friedrich Rückert was a German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages.-Biography:Rückert was born at Schweinfurt and was the eldest son of a lawyer. He was educated at the local Gymnasium and at the universities of Würzburg and Heidelberg. From 1816-1817, he worked on the editorial...

 
Song Песня Мефистофеля в погребке Ауэрбаха (Песня о блохе) Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Cellar (Song of the Flea) 1879 1879 Goethe

Operas

Title Start End Notes
Hans of Iceland 1856 1856 Projected; to be based on the novel Han d'Islande (1823) by Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France....

Oedipus in Athens 1858 1860 Unfinished; based on the tragedy Oedipus in Athens (1804) by Vladislav Ozerov
Vladislav Ozerov
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Ozerov was the most popular Russian dramatist in the first decades of the 19th century....

Salammbô
Salammbô (Mussorgsky)
Salammbô [alternative title: The Libyan ] is an unfinished opera in 4 acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The fragmentary Russian language libretto was written by the composer, and is based on the novel Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert , but includes verses taken from poems by Vasily Zhukovsky, Apollon Maykov,...

 
1863 1866 Unfinished; based on the novel Salammbô
Salammbô
Salammbô may refer to:*Salammbô , the original novel by Gustave Flaubert*Salammbô , an unfinished opera, based on Flaubert's novel, on which Modest Mussorgsky worked between 1863 and 1866...

(1862) by Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary , and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style.-Early life and education:Flaubert was born on December 12, 1821, in Rouen,...

Marriage
Zhenitba (opera)
Zhenitba is an unfinished opera begun in 1868 by Modest Mussorgsky to his own libretto based on Nikolai Gogol's comedy Marriage. This 1842 play is a satire of courtship and cowardice, which centres around a young woman, Agafya, who is wooed by four bachelors, each with his own...

 
1868 1868 Unfinished; Act I only; based on the comedy Marriage (1842) by Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist and novelist.Considered by his contemporaries one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in Gogol's work a fundamentally romantic sensibility, with strains of Surrealism...

Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov (opera)
Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky . The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece. Its subjects are the Russian ruler Boris Godunov, who reigned as Tsar during the Time of Troubles,...

 
1868 1869 Original version; based on the drama Boris Godunov (1825) by Alexander Pushkin
Bobïl 1870 1870 Projected; to be based on the drama Hans und Grete (1868) by Friedrich Spielhagen; Marfa's Divination from Khovanshchina derives from sketches for this work
Boris Godunov
Boris Godunov (opera)
Boris Godunov is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky . The work was composed between 1868 and 1873 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is Mussorgsky's only completed opera and is considered his masterpiece. Its subjects are the Russian ruler Boris Godunov, who reigned as Tsar during the Time of Troubles,...

 
1871 1872 Revised version; based on the drama Boris Godunov (1825) by Alexander Pushkin; minor revisions in 1873
Mlada
Mlada
Mlada was a project originally envisioned as a ballet to be composed by Alexander Serov and choreographed by Marius Petipa. The project was later revised in 1872 as an opera-ballet in four acts, with the composition of the score to be divided between César Cui, Léon Minkus, Modest Mussorgsky,...

1872 1872 Unfinished; libretto by Viktor Krylov; collaborative work with Cui
César Cui
César Antonovich Cui was a Russian of French and Lithuanian descent. His profession was as an army officer and a teacher of fortifications; his avocational life has particular significance in the history of music, in that he was a composer and music critic; in this sideline he is known as a...

, Minkus
Ludwig Minkus
Ludwig Minkus a.k.a. Léon Fyodorovich Minkus was an Austrian composer of ballet music, a violin virtuoso and teacher.Minkus is most noted for the music he composed while serving as Ballet Composer of the St...

, Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five.The Five, also known as The Mighty Handful or The Mighty Coterie, refers to a circle of composers who met in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in the years 1856–1870: Mily Balakirev , César...

, and Borodin
Alexander Borodin
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was a member of the group of composers called The Five , who were dedicated to producing a specifically Russian kind of art music...

;
Khovanshchina
Khovanshchina
Khovanshchina is an opera in five acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The work was written between 1872 and 1880 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The composer wrote the libretto based on historical sources...

1872 1880 Unfinished; libretto by Mussorgsky; based on historical accounts
The Fair at Sorochyntsi 1874 1880 Unfinished; based on the short story The Fair at Sorochyntsi, from Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka is a collection of short stories by Nikolai Gogol, written from 1831-1832. They appeared in various magazines and were published in book form when Gogol, who had spent his life in Ukraine up to the age of nineteen, was twenty two. He put his early impressions and...

(1832) by Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist and novelist.Considered by his contemporaries one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in Gogol's work a fundamentally romantic sensibility, with strains of Surrealism...

Pugachovshchina 1877 1877 Projected; possibly to be based on the novel The Captain's Daughter
The Captain's Daughter
The Captain's Daughter is a historical novel by the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin. It was first published in 1836 in the fourth issue of the literary journal Sovremennik. The novel is a romanticized account of Pugachev's Rebellion in 1773-1774....

(1836) by Alexander Pushkin

Orchestral works

Title Start End Notes
Scherzo in B flat major 1858 1858 Originally for piano
Alla marcia notturna 1861 1861
Symphony in D major 1861 1862 Lost, unfinished: Andante, Scherzo, and Finale only
St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain
Night on Bald Mountain
Night on Bald Mountain is a composition by Modest Mussorgsky that exists in, at least, two versions—a seldom performed 1867 version or a later and very popular "fantasy for orchestra" arranged by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, A Night on the Bare Mountain , based on the vocal score of the "Dream Vision...

 
1867 1867 Tone poem; recast for orchestra and chorus as Glorification of Chornobog for inclusion in the collaborative opera Mlada
Mlada
Mlada was a project originally envisioned as a ballet to be composed by Alexander Serov and choreographed by Marius Petipa. The project was later revised in 1872 as an opera-ballet in four acts, with the composition of the score to be divided between César Cui, Léon Minkus, Modest Mussorgsky,...

 (1872), and again as Dream Vision of the Peasant Lad in the opera The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1880)
Intermezzo symphonique in modo classico 1867 1867 Originally for piano; trio added
Podebrad of Bohemia 1867 1867 Projected; based on the life of George of Poděbrady
George of Podebrady
George of Kunštát and Poděbrady , also known as Poděbrad or Podiebrad , was King of Bohemia...

The Capture of Kars (March) 1880 1880 Occasional piece commemorating the Siege of Kars
Siege of Kars
The Siege of Kars was the last major operation of the Crimean War. On June 1855, in an attempt to alleviate pressure on the troops at Sevastopol, Emperor Alexander II ordered General Nikolay Muravyov to lead his troops against areas of Ottoman interest in Asia Minor...

 (1855)
Transcaucasian Suite 1880 1880 Projected; for orchestra, harps, and piano

Piano works

Title Start End Notes
Porte-enseigne (Polka) 1852 1852
Souvenir of Childhood 1857 1857 Edition by V. Karatygin (1911)
Sonata in E flat major 1858 1858 Lost; unfinished: Scherzo and Finale only
Sonata in F sharp minor 1858 1858 Lost
Scherzo in C sharp minor 1858 1858 Edition by V. Karatygin (1911)
Scherzo in B flat major 1858 1858 Orchestrated
Souvenir of a Night in Madrid 1858 1858 Arrangement of the fantasia on Spanish themes Souvenir d'une nuit d'été à Madrid (1848) by Mikhail Glinka
Mikhail Glinka
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka , was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country, and is often regarded as the father of Russian classical music...

 for piano four hands
Passionate Impromptu (Recollection of Beltov and Lyuba) 1859 1859 Inspired by the novel Who is to Blame? (1847) by Aleksandr Gertsen
Alexander Herzen
Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen was a Russian pro-Western writer and thinker known as the "father of Russian socialism", and one of the main fathers of agrarian populism...

 (Herzen)
Overture to King Lear 1859 1859 Arrangement for solo piano of the overture to the incidental music King Lear by Mily Balakirev
Mily Balakirev
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev ,Russia was still using old style dates in the 19th century, and information sources used in the article sometimes report dates as old style rather than new style. Dates in the article are taken verbatim from the source and therefore are in the same style as the source...

Andante, from String Quartet in C major 1859 1859 Arrangement for piano solo of the 2nd movement of the String Quartet in C major
String Quartet No. 9 (Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 9 in C major was published in 1808 as opus 59, no. 3. It consists of four movements:# Andante con moto - Allegro vivace # Andante con moto quasi Allegretto # Menuetto...

, Op. 59, No. 3, by Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...

Children's Games 1859 1859 Original version
Children's Games 1860 1860 Revised version
Sonata in C major 1860 1860 Unfinished; for piano four hands; Allegro and Scherzo only; scherzo based on Scherzo in c sharp minor (1858)
Prelude in the Classic Style 1860 1860 Lost
Intermezzo in the Classic Style 1860 1861 Orchestrated (1867)
Menuet Monstre 1861 1861 Lost
Georgian Song 1862 1862 Arrangement of the orchestral accompaniment to the song by Miliy Balakirev
String Quartet in B flat major 1862 1862 Arrangement for 2 pianos, 8 hands, of the String Quartet in B flat major
String Quartet No. 13 (Beethoven)
The String Quartet No. 13 in B major, op. 130, by Ludwig van Beethoven was completed in November 1825. The number traditionally assigned to it is based on the order of its publication; it is actually the fourteenth quartet in order of composition. It was premiered in March 1826 by the Schuppanzigh...

, Op. 130, by Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...

; finale incomplete
From Memories of Childhood 1865 1865
Rêverie 1865 1865 On a theme by V. Loginov
La Capricieuse 1865 1865 On a theme by L. Geyden (Heyden)
Allegretto, from String Quartet in e minor 1867 1867 Arrangement for piano solo of the 3rd movement of the String Quartet in e minor
String Quartet No. 8 (Beethoven)
The String Quartet No. 8 in E minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, opus 59, no. 2, was the second of three of his "Razumovsky" cycle of string quartets, and is a product of his "middle" style period. He published it in 1808...

, Op. 59, No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...

Presto, from String Quartet in c-sharp minor 1867 1867 Arrangement for piano solo of the 5th movement of the String Quartet in c-sharp minor
String Quartet No. 14 (Beethoven)
The String Quartet No. 14 in C minor, Op. 131, by Ludwig van Beethoven was completed in 1826. About 40 minutes in length, it consists of seven movements to be played without a break, as follows:#Adagio ma non troppo e molto...

, Op. 131, by Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...

Vivace and Lento, from String Quartet in F major 1867 1867 Arrangement for piano solo of the 2nd and 3rd movements of the String Quartet in F major
String Quartet No. 16 (Beethoven)
The String Quartet No. 16 in F major, op. 135, by Ludwig van Beethoven was written in October 1826 and was the last substantial work he finished. Only the last movement of the Quartet op. 130, written as a replacement for the Große Fuge, was written later. It was premiered by the Schuppanzigh...

, Op. 135, by Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...

The Seamstress (Scherzino) 1871 1871
Pictures from an Exhibition
Pictures at an Exhibition
Pictures at an Exhibition is a suite in ten movements composed for piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874.The suite is Mussorgsky's most famous piano composition, and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists...

 
1874 1874 Edition by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1886)
Storm on the Black Sea 1879 1879 Lost
On the Southern Shore of the Crimea (Gurzuf at Ayu-Dag) 1880 1880 Inspired by a visit to Gurzuf
Gurzuf
Gurzuf or Hurzuf is a resort in Crimea, Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea.Gurzuf is a former Crimean Tatar village, now a part of Greater Yalta. It was made famous by Alexander Pushkin who visited the place in 1821. The famous ballet master Marius Petipa died here...

 at Ayu-Dag
Ayu-Dag
Ayu-Dag or Medved'-gora , is the peak in Crimea, Ukraine. It is also known under Russified name Medved'-gora . The peak is located 16 km north-east from Yalta between the towns of Gurzuf and Partenit....

 in the Crimea
Crimea
Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...

Near the Southern Shore of the Crimea (Capriccio) 1880 1880 Also known as the Baydarki Capriccio
Meditation (album leaf) 1880 1880
A Tear 1880 1880
In the Village (Quasi Fantasia) 1880 1880
Market Scene from the opera The Fair at Sorochyntsi 1880 1880 Arrangement of the Market Scene from The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1880)
Gopak of the Merry Lads from the opera The Fair at Sorochyntsi 1880 1880 Arrangement of the Gopak from The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1880)

Choral works

Title Start End Notes
Shamil's March 1859 1859 Projected; for tenor, baritone, chorus, and orchestra
The Destruction of Sennacherib 1866 1867 Original version; for chorus and orchestra; based on The Destruction of Sennacherib
The Destruction of Sennacherib
The Destruction of Sennacherib is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1815 in his Hebrew Melodies. It is based on an event described in the Bible during the campaign by Assyrian king Sennacherib to capture Jerusalem...

from Hebrew Melodies
Hebrew Melodies
Hebrew Melodies is both a book of songs with lyrics written by Lord Byron set to Jewish tunes by Isaac Nathan as well as a book of poetry containing Byron's lyrics alone. It was published in April 1815 with musical settings by John Murray; though expensive at a cost of one guinea, over 10,000...

(1815)
The Destruction of Sennacherib 1874 1874 Revised version; for chorus and orchestra; based on The Destruction of Sennacherib
The Destruction of Sennacherib
The Destruction of Sennacherib is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1815 in his Hebrew Melodies. It is based on an event described in the Bible during the campaign by Assyrian king Sennacherib to capture Jerusalem...

from Hebrew Melodies
Hebrew Melodies
Hebrew Melodies is both a book of songs with lyrics written by Lord Byron set to Jewish tunes by Isaac Nathan as well as a book of poetry containing Byron's lyrics alone. It was published in April 1815 with musical settings by John Murray; though expensive at a cost of one guinea, over 10,000...

(1815)
Iisus Navin 1874 1877 Also known as Joshua; for alto, baritone, chorus, and piano
Three Vocalises 1880 1880 For three-part female voices
Five Russian Folksongs 1880 1880 For four-part male voices; No.4 with 2 solo tenors; No.5 incomplete

Songs

Title Start End Notes
Rustic Song 1857 1857-04-18 Original version of the song Where Art Thou, Little Star? (1863–1866); based on a text by N. Grekov; orchestrated on 1858-06-03
Thou Longing of My Heart 1858 1858 Based on a text by an anonymous author
Tell Me, Gentle Maiden 1858 1858 Based on a text by an anonymous author
The Joyous Hour 1858 1859 Original version, revised in 1859; based on a text by Aleksey Koltsov
Aleksey Koltsov
Aleksey Vasilievich Koltsov was a Russian poet who has been called a Russian Burns. His poems, frequently placed in the mouth of women, stylize peasant-life songs and idealize agricultural labour....

Leaves Rustled Sadly 1859 1859 Original version, revised in 1863-1866; based on a text by Aleksey Pleshcheyev
What Are Words of Love to You? 1860 1860 Original version, revised in 1863-1866; based on a text by A. Ammosov
The Joyous Hour 1863 1866 Revised version, originally composed in 1858-1859; based on a text by Koltsov; published in Paris (1923)
Leaves Rustled Sadly 1863 1866 Revised version, original composed in 1859; based on a text by Aleksey Pleshcheyev
What Are Words of Love to You? 1863 1866 Revised version, original version composed in 1860; based on a text by A. Ammosov; published in Paris (1923)
Many Are My Palaces and Gardens 1863 1863 Based on a text by Koltsov
Old Man's Song 1863 1863 Also known as The Harper's Song; based on An die Türen will ich schleichen from Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship is the second novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in 1795-96. While his first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, featured a hero driven to suicide by despair, the eponymous hero of this novel undergoes a journey of self-realization...

(Bk.5, Ch.14) by Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...

Tsar Saul 1863 1863 Based on Warriors and Chiefs (Song of Saul before His Last Battle) from Hebrew Melodies
Hebrew Melodies
Hebrew Melodies is both a book of songs with lyrics written by Lord Byron set to Jewish tunes by Isaac Nathan as well as a book of poetry containing Byron's lyrics alone. It was published in April 1815 with musical settings by John Murray; though expensive at a cost of one guinea, over 10,000...

(1815) by Byron, translated by Kozlov
Ivan Kozlov
Ivan Ivanovich Kozlov was a Russian Romantic poet and translator. As D. S. Mirsky noted, "his poetry appealed to the easily awakened emotions of the sentimental reader rather than to the higher poetic receptivity"....

But If I Could Meet Thee Again 1863 1863 Based on a text by Kurochkin
Where Art Thou, Little Star? 1863 1866 Revised version of the song Rustic Song (1858); based on a text by Grekov; orchestrated
The Winds Blow, the Wild Winds 1864 1864 Based on a text by Koltsov; published in Paris (1909)
Night 1864 1864 Original version, revised in 1868; based on a text by Pushkin;
Kalistratushka 1864 1864 Original version of the song Kalistrat; based on a text by Nikolay Nekrasov
Kalistrat 1864 1864 Revised version of the song Kalistratushka; based on a text by Nikolay Nekrasov;
Every Saturday (Tuscan Popular Song) 1864 1864 Arrangement of the song Ogni sabato avreti il lume acceso (1853) by Gordigiani; for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and piano
A Prayer 1865 1865 Based on a text by Lermontov
Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov , a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", became the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837. Lermontov is considered the supreme poet of Russian literature alongside Pushkin and the greatest...

The Outcast [Woman] (An essay in recitative) 1865 1865 Based on a text by Holz-Miller
Cradle Song 1865 1865 Original version of Sleep, Go to Sleep, Peasant Son; based on a text by Ostrovsky
Sleep, Go to Sleep, Peasant Son 1865 1865 Revised version of Cradle Song; based on a text by Ostrovsky
Little One 1866 1866-01-07 Based on a text by Pleshcheyev
Desire 1866-04-15 1866-04-16 Based on a text by Heine
Heinrich Heine
Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was one of the most significant German poets of the 19th century. He was also a journalist, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Lieder by composers such as Robert Schumann...

, Ich wollt' meine Schmerzen ergössen
From My Tears 1866 1866 Based on a text by Heine, Aus meinen Tränen
Darling Savishna 1866 1866 Text by Mussorgsky
Ah, You Drunken Sot 1866 1866 Text by Mussorgsky
The Seminarist 1866 1866 Text by Mussorgsky
Hopak 1866 1866 Original version, revised in 1868; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...

, translated by Mey
Yaryoma's Song 1866 1866 Lost; original version of On the Dnieper; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Shevchenko, translated by Mey
Hebrew Song 1867 1867 Based on a text by Mey
Magpie Whitesides 1867 1867 Based on a text by Pushkin
Gathering Mushrooms 1867 1867 Based on a text by Mey
The Banquet (or The Feast) 1867 1867 Based on a text by Koltsov
The Urchin (or The Ragamuffin) 1867 1867 Text by Mussorgsky
A Society Tale (The Goat) 1867 1867 Text by Mussorgsky
The Classicist 1867 1867 Text by Mussorgsky; satire
Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...

A Garden by the Don Blooms 1867 1867 Based on a text by Koltsov
Night 1868 1868 Revised version, original composed in 1864; based on a text by Pushkin;
Hopak 1868 1868 Revised version, original composed in 1866; orchestrated; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Shevchenko, translated by Mey
The Orphan 1868 1868 Text by Mussorgsky
Yeryomushka's Lullaby 1868 1868 Based on a text by Nekrasov
A Child's Song 1868 1868 Based on a text by Mey
The Nursery
The Nursery (song cycle)
The Nursery is a song cycle by Modest Mussorgsky, composed between 1868 and 1872, set to his own lyrics.-Song Data:-Series 1:-Series 2:...

 
1868 1872 Text by Mussorgsky; cycle of 7 songs
With Nanny 1868 1868 Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
In the Corner 1870 1870 Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
The Beetle 1870 1870 Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
With the Doll 1870 1870 Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
Going to Sleep 1870 1870 Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
The Peep-Show 1870 1870 Text by Mussorgsky; satire
Evening Song 1871 1871 Based on a text by Pleshcheyev
Ride on a Stick-Horse 1872 1872 Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
The Cat 'Sailor' 1872 1872 Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
Without Sun
Sunless (song cycle)
Sunless is a song cycle by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, written in 1874, to poems by Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov, a relative of the composer.-Song Titles:The individual song titles are as follows:#«В четырех стенах» Within Four Walls...

 (or Sunless)
1874 1874 Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov
Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov
Arseny Arkadyevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov , was a Russian poet known in part for writing the texts of Modest Mussorgsky's two song cycles of the 1870s: Sunless and Songs and Dances of Death....

; cycle of 6 songs
Within Four Walls 1874 1874 Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Without Sun
Thou Didst Not Know Me in the Crowd 1874 1874 Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Without Sun
The Idle Noisy Day is Ended 1874 1874 Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Without Sun
Boredom (or Ennui) 1874 1874 Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Without Sun
Elegy 1874 1874 Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Without Sun
Over the River 1874 1874 Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Without Sun
Forgotten 1874 1874 Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov; inspired by the painting Forgotten (1872) by Vasily Vereshchagin
Evil Death (The Epitaph) 1874 1874 Text by Mussorgsky; unfinished
Nettle Mountain 1874 1874 Text by Mussorgsky; unfinished; satire
Songs and Dances of Death
Songs and Dances of Death
Songs and Dances of Death is a song cycle for voice and piano by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, written in the mid-1870s, to poems by Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov, a relative of the composer....

 
1875 1877 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; cycle of 4 songs
Lullaby 1875 1875 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Songs and Dances of Death
Serenade 1875 1875 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Songs and Dances of Death
Trepak 1875 1875 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Songs and Dances of Death
The Misunderstood One 1875 1875 Text by Mussorgsky
The Field-Marshal 1877 1877 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Songs and Dances of Death
Not Like Thunder From Heaven 1877 1877 Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, often referred to as A. K. Tolstoy , was a Russian poet, novelist and playwright, considered to be the most important nineteenth-century Russian historical dramatist...

Softly the Spirit Flew up to Heaven 1877 1877 Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy
Pride 1877 1877 Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy
Is It an Honor for a Young Man to Weave Flax? 1877 1877 Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy
It Scatters and Breaks 1877 1877 Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy
The Vision 1877 1877 Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov
The Wanderer 1878 1878 Based on Abendlied des Wanderers by Rückert
Friedrich Rückert
Friedrich Rückert was a German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages.-Biography:Rückert was born at Schweinfurt and was the eldest son of a lawyer. He was educated at the local Gymnasium and at the universities of Würzburg and Heidelberg. From 1816-1817, he worked on the editorial...

, translated by Pleshcheyev
On the Dnieper 1879 1879 Revised version of Yaryoma's Song; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Shevchenko, translated by Mey
Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Cellar (Song of the Flea) 1879 1879 Based on Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy (1808) by Goethe, translated by Strugovshchikov
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