“Art is not an end in itself, but a means of addressing humanity.” Modest Petrowitsch Mussorgski (1839 - 1881)
This was Mussorgski’s main focus and driving force, the truthful portrayal of human life, and all its trials and tribulations. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the tumultuous highs and lows of Mussorgsky’s music today.
Mussorgsky was born into a wealthy, aristocratic family with a strong military tradition. After finishing his studies at the Cadet School of the Guard in St. Petersburg, Mussorgsky joined the Russian Imperial Guard. He soon gave up his commission to focus on his music. To that end, he held various positions as a civil servant to support his artistic and social development. Having got a taste for it at Cadet School, in his mid-twenties, Mussorgsky had his first issues with alcoholism. After his mother’s death in 1865, he fell into a deep depression which, along with his bohemian lifestyle, saw his alcoholism consume him, which resulted in an inability to work as an artist and composer. Despite the sincere efforts of his friends, particularly Rimsky-Korsakov, his brighter moments became few and far between. He finally succumbed to his vices, and died at the young age of 42.
The fundament of Mussorgsky’s music is realism. Its musical expression is gross, like the truth of life. Mussorgski’s music does not enchant but captivates with its emotional and dramatic charge. With this psychologically penetrating, harsh musical language, Mussorgsky influenced the entire up-and-coming generation of modern composers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The high point of Modest Mussorgsky’s artistic output is often viewed as his operas “Boris Godunov” and“ Khovanshchina”, which explore many new ideas, such as their dramatic musical structure, setting of folk texts, grand expressiveness amongst others. Numerous autobiographical elements can also be found in all his dramatic works.
An important part of the Mussorgsky’s work is his 60 songs, which reflect well the tragic nature of his troubled soul. The most famous symphonic works are “A Night on the Bald Mountain” and the cycle “Pictures at an Exhibition”, originally composed for piano, which today is mainly performed in the instrumental arrangement by Maurice Ravel.
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210368
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210276
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1648
for: Concert band
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 808604
for: Piano
Item no.: 287398
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383582
Lyric book
Item no.: 241448
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 865135
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677932
für großes Blechensemble, Pauken, Schlagwerk und 2 Harfen
for: Brass ensemble, timpani, percussion, 2 harps
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1018126
La Cabane Sur Des Pattes De Poule, La Grande Porte De Kiev
for: Wind Ensemble and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1073021
for: Low Voice, Organ, Brass Quartet
Buch
Item no.: 1095261
Sinfonisches Melodram für Streichorchester
Partitur, Text und Stimmen
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1671134
Excerpt from Pictures at an Exhibition
for: Brass ensemble (7 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 184906
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts), organ, timpani, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 498693
From Pictures At An Exhibition
for: Soprano saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299330
From Pictures At An Exhibition
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299322
From Pictures At An Exhibition
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299316
für zwei Oboen und zwei Fagotte
for: 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 662974
for: Tuba, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242655
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242650
G
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1044253
Night On The Bare Mountain
Cine Magic
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 594230
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951694
(Promenade & The Great Gate of Kiev)
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 890769
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 564238
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1384674
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1641844
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 665126
Gesang und Klavier
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 1356760
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 887957
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 731214
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392041
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 635102
for: GES-T STR
Score
Item no.: 494973
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 943097
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1107074
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 667338
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 799532
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 803713
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210278
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210277
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1647
for: 2 trumpets, organ
Organ score, Parts
Item no.: 245871
In Commemoration of Viktor Hartmann. Edited from the autograph
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 125067
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score, CD
Item no.: 554675
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