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Pictures at an Exhibition is a piano suite in ten movements, plus a recurring and varied Promenade theme, written in 1874 by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. It is a musical depiction of a tour of an exhibition of works by architect and painter Viktor Hartmann put on at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg , following his sudden ...
Jan 19, 2017 · Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (Kurt Masur & Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) EuroArtsChannel. 531K subscribers. 13K. 1.2M views 7 years ago. ...more. From the Gewandhaus in Leipzig ...
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Pictures at an Exhibition (Mussorgsky, Modest) Incipit. movements: Promenade: Movements/Sections. 16 (including Promenades ) Composition Year. 1874 (June 2-22) Genre Categories.
Apr 10, 2022 · The Oslo Philharmonic with conductor Semyon Bychkov perform Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky (orchestrated by Maurice Ravel) in Oslo Concert Hall.
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Pictures at an Exhibition, musical work in 10 movements by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky that was inspired by a visit to an art exhibition. Each of the movements represents one of the drawings or artworks on display. Although originally composed in 1874 for solo piano, Pictures became better.
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Jan 18, 2014 · Pictures at an Exhibition is a suite in ten movements, with interpolated variations on a Promenade theme, composed for piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. One of...
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By way of a tribute, the critic Vladimir Stassov organized a memorial exhibition of Hartmann's work in February 1874. Inspired by the show, Mussorgsky decided to compose a set of piano pieces, Pictures at an Exhibition.