“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: TTBB Piano 4-Hands
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1037329
"Il vecchio castello" für 8 Violoncelli
for: 8 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 659716
for: Concert band
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1639500
With Organ Solo
for: Organ, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315143
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Item no.: 333317
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994602
für Klavier zu 4 Händen
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 660921
zen-on piano library
for: Piano
Item no.: 1586271
Command
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1020824
für zwei Gitarren
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 113347
for: 13 Trumpets and Percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 627806
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 172721
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1671687
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 860802
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts, CD
Item no.: 186068
for: Youth concert band
Item no.: 375285
for: Posaunenquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 973310
Piano reduction
Item no.: 229009
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 870516
Lyric book
Item no.: 214237
Illustrated book, CD
Item no.: 460571
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Music score
Item no.: 189322
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 888458
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 902813
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1114918
und Libretto (in 2 Bänden)
for: BUEHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE OPER
Item no.: 1345317
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
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
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: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1385587
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1385171
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383144
for: Bläserquintett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 963855
study score
for: Orchestra
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 362247
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358994
Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 1586198
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 696486
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 348284
for: Flexible ensemble
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 155513
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 945343
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 360837
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 924966
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 360838
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