Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Paperback
(GS LIBRARY 5 Nov. 1, 1986)
(Piano Large Works). This favorite piano cycle was composed by Mussorgsky in about 3 weeks, and was inspired by the drawings and watercolors of a his friend, the painter Victor Hartmann. Many changes have been made to the score over the years but this edition presents the work as Mussorgsky originally composed it. Contents: Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells * Catacombae * The Gnome * Great Gate of Kiev * The Hut on Fowl's Legs * The Market Place in Limoges * The Old Castle * The Ox Cart * Samuel Goldenberg & Schmuyle * Tuileries.
- Series
- Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics (Book 2007)
- ISBN
- 0793538890 / 9780793538898
- Pages
- 56
- Weight
- 7.2 oz.
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 0.1
in.