Composers -- Russia -- Biography
It would be idle to enter upon a consideration of the life and work of Moussorgsky without first making some attempt to expound his æsthetic outlook. Fortunately this does not involve reference to a library of volumes such as that left by Wagner. The German composer was at con...
It would be idle to enter upon a consideration of the life and work of Moussorgsky without first making some attempt to expound his æsthetic outlook. Fortunately this does not i...
2. PART IModeste Petrovich Moussorgsky was born on March 16th (O.S.), 1839, at Karevo, a village situated in that district (Toropets) of the Pskof Government nearest to the Muscovite bou...
3. PART IIThere is no ground for supposing that Moussorgsky’s lively humanitarian instincts had been completely quiescent before they were aroused by the spread of socialistic propaganda,...
4. Scene II shows him a fugitive defying ecclesiastical authority. Hehas renounced the cloister and has taken his first step towards the throne. He is resting at an inn situated on the Lithuanian frontier. At the moment of his betrayal by two bib...
5. Scene II represents a public square in Moscow. Through the crowd isseen the figure of Galitsin, who is being hurried under close escort into exile. Dositheus joins the throng, and hears from Martha that Peter has ordered the wholesale execution...
6. PART IIIA survey of Moussorgsky’s dramatic work reveals so many evidences of genius in writing for chorus that one might have expected to find among his compositions a greater number of...
7. PART IVBefore proceeding to make detailed reference to Moussorgsky’s songs, it should be mentioned that the composer did not look upon a song as a vocal solo with instrumental accompan...