“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.
Southern Music
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 924771
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670477
For Violoncello and Piano (Charles Schiff)
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 163701
EMB Album Series for Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197515
complete version
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1665569
complete version
for: Brass ensemble (17 parts), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1665180
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 944987
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 946331
Klassik
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Buch
Item no.: 187289
Russischer Tanz
for: Piano
Item no.: 356469
for: Piano
Item no.: 287396
Une nuit sur le Mont Chauve / Night on the Bare Mountain
for: Piano
Item no.: 286075
for: Piano
Item no.: 285719
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 281538
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 948482
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1183293
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183804
FJH Piano Ensemble
for: Piano 4 hands
Book
Item no.: 968289
Biografie
Book
Item no.: 321387
for: Handbells [3-4]
Single edition
Item no.: 1115375
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1202492
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1137498
for: BFL ENSEMBLE (SOPSAATTBGB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 364213
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 949588
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1211968
from "Pictures at an Exhibition"
Command
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1018200
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358817
for: Orchester (2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner, 2 Trompeten, Posaune, Pauken, Piatti, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, [Kontrabass]
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 424814
for: Orchester (2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner, 2 Trompeten, Posaune, Pauken, Piatti, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, [Kontrabass]
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424811
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1664470
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1664472
from Sorochinsky Fair
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 867065
For (Low) Voice and Piano (Marion Farquhar)
for: Voice (low), piano
Score
Item no.: 169690
For (Medium) Voice and Piano
for: Voice (medium), piano
Score
Item no.: 169689
und Libretto (in 2 Bänden)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 1345317
für Gesang und Klavier
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 360838
Tränen * Tears
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 637135
aus "Bilder einer Ausstellung"
für 4 Trompeten C/Bb, 3 Posaunen, Tuba
for: Brass ensemble (8 voices)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 389261
Russischer Tanz, bearbeitet für vier Posaunen
Edition Wiener Posaunenquartett
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 174313
für Klarinette, Horn, Fagott, zwei Violinen, Viola, Violoncello und Kontrabass
for: 8 instruments (octet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 663960
Faksimileausgabe nach dem Autograph der Russischen Nationalbibliothek, St. Petersburg
for: Piano
Music score (reprint, hardcover)
Item no.: 765980
für Gesang und Klavier
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 360837
Teens on stage
for: Flexible ensemble
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 155513
from Pictures of an Exhibition
Muzika Ensemble Music
for: Flexible ensemble (5 parts), piano (school orchestra)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 224205
for: Brass ensemble (5 parts)
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 597229
Klassik
for: Viola, piano
Buch
Item no.: 299603
form "Pictures at an Exhibition"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1665587
for: Bläserquintett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 963855
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