Modest Moussorgsky
Country of origin:
Russia
Birthday:
March 9, 1839
Date of death:
March 16, 1881
About Modest Moussorgsky
Modest Petrowitsch Mussorgskij, russischer Komponist, erhielt ab 1849 Klavierunterricht in Sankt Petersburg und trat 1852 in die dortige Kadettenschule und das Gardekorps ein; 1856-58 war er Gardeoffizier und widmete sich dann, gefördert von Milij Balakirew, in Petersburg weitgehend autodidaktisch der Musik. 1857 lernte er Aleksandr Dargomyschskij und Zesar Kjui kennen. Nach dem Verlust seines Vermögens nahm er 1863 eine untergeordnete Beamtenstellung an und trat auch als Konzertpianist auf. An Alkoholismus leidend, starb Mussorgskij arm und vereinsamt.Ungleich seinen sehr akademisch eingestellten Zeitgenossen Anton Rubinstein und Peter Tschaikowsky durchbrach Mussorgskij die scheinbar fest gefügten Konventionen, um auf dem Weg über die Musik reale humane und soziale Zusammenhänge der Wirklichkeit zu deuten. Nach dem Manifest des Mächtigen Häufleins suchte er die russische Musik aus dem Volkslied zu erneuern, griff dabei aber weit über die folkloristischen Tendenzen der nationalrussischen Schule hinaus. So verbinden sich in seinem Hauptwerk »Boris Godunow« Elementar-Rituelles (etwa im Bittchor des Volkes) und schonungsloser Realismus mit einer zuweilen an Shakespeare erinnernden Hintergründigkeit (Schlusslied des Irrsinnigen), die aus einer konsequenten musikalisch-realistischen Umsetzung und Ausdeutung der Sprache und der dramatisch-psychologischen Situation heraus erwächst. Seine Werke sind vielfach Fragment geblieben und wurden von seinen Freunden, v.a. von Nikolaj Rimskij-Korsakow, ergänzt.
Werke:
Opern: Die Heirat (Fragment 1868, nach Nikolaj Gogol); Boris Godunow (nach Aleksandr Puschkin, 1.Fassung in 7 Bildern 1868/69, 2.Fassung in 4 Aufzügen mit 9 Bildern 1871/72, UA Sankt Petersburg 1874; bearbeitet von Rimskij-Korsakow 1896 und Dmitrij Schostakowitsch 1940); Chowanschtschina (187380; beendet und instrumentiert von Rimskij-Korsakow 1883, bearbeitet von Maurice Ravel und Igor Strawinsky 1913); Der Jahrmarkt von Sorotschinzy (187681, nach Gogol; bearbeitet von Zesar Kjui 1917, von Nikolaj Tscherepnin 1923, von Wissarion Schebalin 1931).
Sinfonische Dichtung: Eine Nacht auf dem Kahlen Berge (1867; bearbeitet von Rimskij-Korsakow 1886).
Klavierstücke: Bilder einer Ausstellung (1874, nach Bildern des Architekten und Malers Viktor Hartmann; orchestriert von Ravel 1922).
Klavierlieder (Zyklen): Die Kinderstube (186872, nach eigenen Texten); Ohne Sonne (1874); Lieder und Tänze des Todes (187477); Lied des Mephisto, genannt »Flohlied« (1879, nach Goethe; instrumentiert von Rimskij-Korsakow 1883).
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Il Vecchio CastelloComposer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Performing scoreBrand: Max Eschig
Instrumentation: 2 guitarsProduct number: ME 8635£12.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
für Klavier£19.50Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown
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Composer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Breitkopf & Härtel
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: EB 8125£17.55Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Solo partBrand: Carl Fischer Music
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: O5412£21.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Alfie PughMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsBrand: Wonderful Winds
Instrumentation: piccolo, flute, oboe, oboe (or cor anglais), 2 clarinets, bassoon and contrabassoon (or bassoon)Product number: PXM003£27.49Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Mel OrrissMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsBrand: Wonderful Winds
Instrumentation: ensemble of fluteProduct number: M010£27.49Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
(op. posth. 70/18)Composer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Monika TwelsiekMedia Type: E-score PDFBrand: Schott Music
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 9045 Q23292£1.99available for download immediately -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Hans-Guenter HeumannMedia Type: E-score PDFBrand: Schott Music
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 20573 Q43£1.99available for download immediately -
after the original editionComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Samuel DushkinSeries: Dushkin Transcriptions , No. 21
Edition Schott
Brand: Schott Music
Instrumentation: violin and pianoProduct number: BSS 31494Product TypeAs low as £7.99 -
Original Compositions and Arrangements for OrchestraComposer: Ferruccio Busoni | Alfredo Casella | Antonín Dvořák | Paul Haletzki | Zoltán Kodály | Franz Liszt | Darius Milhaud | Modest Moussorgsky | Edmund Nick | Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninoff | Cyril Scott | Friedrich Smetana | Heitor Villa-Lobos | Bernd Alois ZimmermannArranger: Bernd Alois ZimmermannInterpreter: Sarah Wegener | Marcus Weiss | Ueli WigetConductor: Heinz HolligerOrchestra/ensemble: WDR SinfonieorchesterMedia Type: 3 CDsEdition: 3 CDs in presentation boxBrand: Wergo
Product number: WER 73872£31.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Erinnerung an Viktor HartmannComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Christoph FlammMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Performing scoreSeries: Urtext
Brand: Bärenreiter
Product number: BA 9621£14.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Edition Peters
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: EP3727A£13.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
für Jazz-Trio und Orchester£49.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days
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Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Joachim LinckelmannMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsBrand: Bärenreiter
Product number: BA 6879£36.95Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Robert HinesMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Choral scoreBrand: Theodore Presser
Instrumentation: choir (unison or two-part) with handbells or pianoProduct number: 362-03241£2.95Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown -
Part 2 | Musical Stage Play in Four PartsComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Evgenij LevasevMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Partitur, complete editionSeries: Modest Musorgskij - Complete Works , Part 2
Boris Godunov , Part 2
Brand: Schott Music
Instrumentation: 5 Soli, Chorus and Chamber orchestraProduct number: MCW 1002£236.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Part 1 | Musical Stage Play in Four PartsComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Evgenij LevasevMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Partitur, complete editionSeries: Modest Musorgskij - Complete Works , Part 1
Boris Godunov , Part 1
Brand: Schott Music
Instrumentation: 5 Soli, Chorus and Chamber orchestraProduct number: MCW 1001£254.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Werkeinführung von E. FornebergComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Thilo Cornelissen | Dietrich StoverockMedia Type: BookEdition: Student's editionSeries: Die Oper
Brand: Robert Lienau Musikverlag
Language: GermanProduct number: RL16050£9.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Werkeinführung von E. FornebergComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Thilo Cornelissen | Dietrich StoverockMedia Type: BookEdition: TextbookSeries: Die Oper
Brand: Robert Lienau Musikverlag
Language: GermanProduct number: RL16040£13.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Einführung und KommentarComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Kurt PahlenMedia Type: BookEdition: LibrettoSeries: Operas of the world
Series Music
Brand: Schott Music
Language: GermanProduct number: SEM 8044£11.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Humphrey Procter-GreggMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Bourne Co.
Instrumentation: voice (bass) and pianoLanguage: English, RussianProduct number: IMC2673£8.95Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Allen OstranderMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsBrand: Bourne Co.
Instrumentation: 2 Trumpets, Horn and TromboneProduct number: IMC2463£15.95Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: medium voice and pianoProduct number: BEL 290Product TypeAs low as £2.99 -
Musikalisches Volksdrama in 5 Aufzügen. Textbuch£3.75Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown
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Musikalisches Volksdrama in 5 Aufzügen£88.50Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown
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Oper in 3 Akten nach N. Gogol£64.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days
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Composer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: medium voice and pianoLanguage: French, RussianProduct number: BEL 287£2.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Bearbeitet für OrgelComposer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Zsigmond SzathmáryMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Performing scoreBrand: Bärenreiter
Product number: BA 11211£16.50Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Joachim LinckelmannMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsBrand: Bärenreiter
Product number: BA 8608£24.50Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown -
bearbeitet für OrgelComposer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Erik KolindMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Doblinger Verlag
Instrumentation: organProduct number: 02 496£15.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Breitkopf & Härtel
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: EB 8561£15.21Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Russian DanceComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Otto ThuemerSeries: Edition Schott - Single Edition
Brand: Schott Music
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED0 7028Product TypeAs low as £3.50 -
from "Sorochinsky Fair"Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: David StoneMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: PartiturSeries: Hawkes School Series , HSS 203
Brand: Boosey & Hawkes
Instrumentation: orchestraProduct number: BH 83344£21.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
from "Sorochinsky Fair"Composer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsBrand: Boosey & Hawkes
Instrumentation: orchestraProduct number: BH 81087£110.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Separate editionSeries: Music for Piano , 51
Brand: Zen-On
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ZO 8000666£7.50Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Samuel DushkinSeries: Dushkin Transcriptions , No. 27
Edition Schott
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Instrumentation: violin and pianoProduct number: BSS 32260Product TypeAs low as £5.99 -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: PWM Edition
Instrumentation: violin and pianoProduct number: PWM6953£4.50Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown -
The Fair at SorochintsyComposer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Wolfgang BirtelMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsBrand: Verlag Dohr Köln
Instrumentation: string quartet with double bass ad libProduct number: DOHR12566£16.50Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Willi DrathsSeries: Edition Schott - Single Edition
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Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED0 9705Product TypeAs low as £3.50 -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Miniature scoreBrand: Bourne Co.
Instrumentation: orchestraProduct number: IMC670£9.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
für Klavierquartett£31.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days
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2 Versions by D. Shostakovich and N. Rimsky-KorsakoffComposer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Dmitri ShostakovichMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreBrand: Zen-On
Instrumentation: OrchestraLanguage: EnglishProduct number: ZO 892252£21.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
für Singstimme und Orchester£32.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days
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Conte profaneComposer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: medium voice and pianoLanguage: French, RussianProduct number: BEL 293£2.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
für Bariton und Klavier£22.50Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown
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Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Lloyd ConleyMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: PartiturBrand: Carl Fischer Music
Instrumentation: wind bandProduct number: PBS35F£19.50Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Lloyd ConleyMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsBrand: Carl Fischer Music
Instrumentation: wind bandProduct number: PBS35£78.95Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Deborah Baker MondayMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsSeries: Apex String Orchestra Series
Brand: Kendor Music
Instrumentation: string orchestraLanguage: EnglishProduct number: KN 10083£55.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Orchestrated by Rimsky-KorsakowComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Gerald AbrahamEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Miniature Scores
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Instrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ETP 841Product TypeAs low as £9.50 -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Zen-On
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ZO 8000966£16.99Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown