List of works by Modest Mussorgsky
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Category | Title | Translation | Start | End | Text Basis | Status | Pub. | Publisher |
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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.... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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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... |
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Song | Песня Мефистофеля в погребке Ауэрбаха (Песня о блохе) | Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Cellar (Song of the Flea) | 1879 | 1879 | Goethe |
Operas
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |