Suite for piano in ten movements by Modest Mussorgsky
This article is about the original suite by Modest Mussorgsky and its orchestral arrangements. For other uses, see Pictures at an Exhibition (disambiguation).
"Bydlo" redirects here. For the 2012 Canadian short film, see Bydlo (film).
Pictures at an Exhibition
Suite by Modest Mussorgsky
Mussorgsky in 1874
Native name
Kartinki s vïstavski
Based on
An exhibition of Viktor Hartmann's pictures
Composed
2–22 June 1874
Dedication
Vladimir Stasov
Published
1886
Duration
About 35 minutes
Movements
Ten, plus a recurring, varied Promenade theme
Scoring
Solo piano
Pictures at an Exhibition[a] is a piano suite in ten movements, plus a recurring and varied Promenade theme, written in 1874 by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. It is a musical depiction of a tour of an exhibition of works by architect and painter Viktor Hartmann put on at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, following his sudden death in the previous year. Each movement of the suite is based on an individual work, some of which are lost.
The composition has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists, and became widely known from orchestrations and arrangements produced by other composers and contemporary musicians, with Maurice Ravel's 1922 adaptation for orchestra being the most recorded and performed. The suite, particularly the final movement, "The Bogatyr Gates", is widely considered one of Mussorgsky's greatest works.
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