Modest Moussorgsky
Country of origin:
Russia
Birthday:
March 9, 1839
Date of death:
March 16, 1881
Upcoming Performances
Boris Godunov
Conductor: Balázs Kocsár
April 27, 2024 |
Budapest (Hungary) , Magyar Állami Operaház — First Night
About Modest Moussorgsky
Modest Petrowitsch Mussorgskij, russischer Komponist, erhielt ab 1849 Klavierunterricht in Sankt Petersburg und trat 1852 in die dortige Kadettenschule und das Gardekorps ein; 1856-58 war er Gardeoffizier und widmete sich dann, gefördert von Milij Balakirew, in Petersburg weitgehend autodidaktisch der Musik. 1857 lernte er Aleksandr Dargomyschskij und Zesar Kjui kennen. Nach dem Verlust seines Vermögens nahm er 1863 eine untergeordnete Beamtenstellung an und trat auch als Konzertpianist auf. An Alkoholismus leidend, starb Mussorgskij arm und vereinsamt.Ungleich seinen sehr akademisch eingestellten Zeitgenossen Anton Rubinstein und Peter Tschaikowsky durchbrach Mussorgskij die scheinbar fest gefügten Konventionen, um auf dem Weg über die Musik reale humane und soziale Zusammenhänge der Wirklichkeit zu deuten. Nach dem Manifest des Mächtigen Häufleins suchte er die russische Musik aus dem Volkslied zu erneuern, griff dabei aber weit über die folkloristischen Tendenzen der nationalrussischen Schule hinaus. So verbinden sich in seinem Hauptwerk »Boris Godunow« Elementar-Rituelles (etwa im Bittchor des Volkes) und schonungsloser Realismus mit einer zuweilen an Shakespeare erinnernden Hintergründigkeit (Schlusslied des Irrsinnigen), die aus einer konsequenten musikalisch-realistischen Umsetzung und Ausdeutung der Sprache und der dramatisch-psychologischen Situation heraus erwächst. Seine Werke sind vielfach Fragment geblieben und wurden von seinen Freunden, v.a. von Nikolaj Rimskij-Korsakow, ergänzt.
Werke:
Opern: Die Heirat (Fragment 1868, nach Nikolaj Gogol); Boris Godunow (nach Aleksandr Puschkin, 1.Fassung in 7 Bildern 1868/69, 2.Fassung in 4 Aufzügen mit 9 Bildern 1871/72, UA Sankt Petersburg 1874; bearbeitet von Rimskij-Korsakow 1896 und Dmitrij Schostakowitsch 1940); Chowanschtschina (187380; beendet und instrumentiert von Rimskij-Korsakow 1883, bearbeitet von Maurice Ravel und Igor Strawinsky 1913); Der Jahrmarkt von Sorotschinzy (187681, nach Gogol; bearbeitet von Zesar Kjui 1917, von Nikolaj Tscherepnin 1923, von Wissarion Schebalin 1931).
Sinfonische Dichtung: Eine Nacht auf dem Kahlen Berge (1867; bearbeitet von Rimskij-Korsakow 1886).
Klavierstücke: Bilder einer Ausstellung (1874, nach Bildern des Architekten und Malers Viktor Hartmann; orchestriert von Ravel 1922).
Klavierlieder (Zyklen): Die Kinderstube (186872, nach eigenen Texten); Ohne Sonne (1874); Lieder und Tänze des Todes (187477); Lied des Mephisto, genannt »Flohlied« (1879, nach Goethe; instrumentiert von Rimskij-Korsakow 1883).
Products
-
Il Vecchio CastelloComposer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Performing scoreInstrumentation: 2 guitarsProduct number: ME 8635In stock€15.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
für KlavierMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: KlavierProduct number: SIK6721Out of stock€21.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
(op. posth. 70/18)Composer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Monika TwelsiekMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 9045 Q23292In stock€1.99Incl. Tax
-
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Hans-Guenter HeumannMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 20573 Q43In stock€1.99Incl. Tax
-
after the original editionComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Samuel DushkinSeries: Dushkin Transcriptions, No. 21
Edition Schott
Instrumentation: violin and pianoProduct number: BSS 31494Product TypeIn stockAs low as €8.99Incl. Tax -
für Orchester bearbeitet von Bernd Alois ZimmermannComposer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
-
Original Compositions and Arrangements for OrchestraComposer: Ferruccio Busoni | Alfredo Casella | Antonín Dvořák | Paul Haletzki | Zoltán Kodály | Franz Liszt | Darius Milhaud | Modest Moussorgsky | Edmund Nick | Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninoff | Cyril Scott | Friedrich Smetana | Heitor Villa-Lobos | Bernd Alois ZimmermannArranger: Bernd Alois ZimmermannInterpreter: Sarah Wegener | Marcus Weiss | Ueli WigetConductor: Heinz HolligerOrchestra/ensemble: WDR SinfonieorchesterMedia Type: 3 CDsEdition: 3 CDs in presentation boxProduct number: WER 73872In stock€39.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: piano or organLanguage: GermanProduct number: BOE3998Out of stock€16.99Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
für Jazz-Trio und OrchesterMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: Klavier solo, Schlagzeug solo, Kontrabass solo, OrchesterProduct number: SIK1750In stock€54.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
Oper in vier AktenComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Evgenij LevasevMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: Russian
-
Part 2 | Musical Stage Play in Four PartsComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Evgenij LevasevMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score, complete editionSeries: Modest Musorgskij - Complete Works, Part 2
Boris Godunov, Part 2
Instrumentation: 5 Soli, Chorus and Chamber orchestraProduct number: MCW 1002In stock€279.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Part 1 | Musical Stage Play in Four PartsComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Evgenij LevasevMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score, complete editionSeries: Modest Musorgskij - Complete Works, Part 1
Boris Godunov, Part 1
Instrumentation: 5 Soli, Chorus and Chamber orchestraProduct number: MCW 1001In stock€300.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Fassung A: Musikalische Darstellung in vier Teilen und 7 Bildern | mit Transliteration basierend auf der italienischen SpracheMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance material, Versions A and A-1Language: Russian
-
Werkeinführung von E. FornebergComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Thilo Cornelissen | Dietrich StoverockMedia Type: BookEdition: Student's editionSeries: Die Oper
Language: GermanProduct number: RL16050In stock€11.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Werkeinführung von E. FornebergComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Thilo Cornelissen | Dietrich StoverockMedia Type: BookEdition: TextbookSeries: Die Oper
Language: GermanProduct number: RL16040In stock€16.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Fassung Ar: definitive Erstfassung - 1869Media Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance material, Version A-Selected EditionLanguage: German, Russian
-
Fassung A: Musikalische Darstellung in vier Teilen und 7 Bildern / B: Oper in fünf Akten / C: Oper in drei Akten mit einem Prolog / D: Oper in vier Akten mit einem PrologComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Michael RotMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance material, Versions A/B/C/D/E-Comprehensive EditionLanguage: Russian
-
Einführung und KommentarComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Kurt PahlenMedia Type: BookEdition: LibrettoSeries: Operas of the world
Series Music
Language: GermanProduct number: SEM 8044In stock€14.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Product TypeIn stockAs low as €3.99Incl. Tax
-
Musikalisches Volksdrama in 5 Aufzügen. TextbuchMedia Type: BookEdition: LibrettoLanguage: GermanProduct number: SIK4/5603Out of stock€4.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
Musikalisches Volksdrama in 5 AufzügenMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Piano reductionInstrumentation: OrchesterLanguage: GermanProduct number: SIK2130Out of stock€98.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
Oper in 3 Akten nach N. GogolMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Piano reductionInstrumentation: KlavierLanguage: GermanProduct number: SIK2205In stock€71.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: medium voice and pianoLanguage: French, RussianProduct number: BEL 287In stock€4.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
Russian DanceComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Otto ThuemerSeries: Edition Schott - Single Edition
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED0 7028Product TypeIn stockAs low as €3.99Incl. Tax -
from "Sorochinsky Fair"Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: David StoneMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: ScoreSeries: Hawkes School Series, HSS 203
Instrumentation: orchestraProduct number: BH 83344In stock€26.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
from "Sorochinsky Fair"Composer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsInstrumentation: orchestraProduct number: BH 81087In stock€132.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Separate editionSeries: Music for Piano, 51
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ZO 8000666Out of stock€7.95Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Samuel DushkinSeries: Dushkin Transcriptions, No. 27
Edition Schott
Instrumentation: violin and pianoProduct number: BSS 32260Product TypeIn stockAs low as €6.99Incl. Tax -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Willi DrathsSeries: Edition Schott - Single Edition
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED0 9705Product TypeIn stockAs low as €3.99Incl. Tax -
für KlavierquartettMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsInstrumentation: KlavierquartettProduct number: SIK1724In stock€34.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
2 Versions by D. Shostakovich and N. Rimsky-KorsakoffComposer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Dmitri ShostakovichMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: OrchestraLanguage: EnglishProduct number: ZO 892252In stock€24.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
für Singstimme und OrchesterMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: Gesang, OrchesterProduct number: SIK2236In stock€36.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
Conte profaneComposer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: medium voice and pianoLanguage: French, RussianProduct number: BEL 293In stock€4.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
für Bariton und KlavierMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: Singstimme Bariton solo, KlavierLanguage: GermanProduct number: SIK2161Out of stock€24.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Deborah Baker MondayMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsSeries: Apex String Orchestra Series
Instrumentation: string orchestraLanguage: EnglishProduct number: KN 10083In stock€65.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Orchestrated by Rimsky-KorsakowComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Gerald AbrahamEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Miniature Scores
Instrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ETP 841Product TypeIn stockAs low as €10.99Incl. Tax -
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ZO 8000966Out of stock€18.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Miniature scoreInstrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ZO 6501334In stock€12.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
In a simple arrangement for pianoComposer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Hans-Guenter HeumannInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 23600Product TypeIn stockAs low as €12.99Incl. Tax
-
Instrumentation by Maurice RavelComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Arbie OrensteinEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Miniature Scores
Instrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ETP 1551Product TypeIn stockAs low as €11.99Incl. Tax -
TranscriptionProduct TypeIn stockAs low as €17.99Incl. Tax
-
The Piano ConcertoComposer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Emile NaoumoffEdition: Piano reduction, for 2 pianosInstrumentation: piano and orchestraProduct number: ED 8499Product TypeIn stockAs low as €29.99Incl. Tax
-
Ten PiecesComposer: Modest MoussorgskyEditor: Alfred KreutzSeries: Schott Piano Classics
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 525Product TypeIn stockAs low as €11.99Incl. Tax -
for brass, organ and percussionComposer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Matthias HöfsMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: brass instruments, organ and percussion
-
für 4 Fagotte und KontrafagottComposer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Jean-Christophe DassonvilleMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: 4 bassoons and contrabassoonProduct number: ACC1317Out of stock€30.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Jun NagaoMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsInstrumentation: saxophones (SATBar) and pianoProduct number: ZO 560178Out of stock€45.95Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
Suite arranged for salon orchestra by Giuseppe Becce and Franz SchimakComposer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Giuseppe Becce | Franz SchimakMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: salon orchestra
-
Suite arranged for large orchestra by Giuseppe Becce and Franz SchimakComposer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Giuseppe Becce | Franz SchimakMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
-
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Paul LavenderMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: ScoreInstrumentation: wind bandProduct number: BHI 66318Out of stock€99.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
-
Composer: Modest MoussorgskyArranger: Paul LavenderMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and parts, 3 x flute I, 3 x flute II, piccolo (flute III), oboe I, oboe II, cor anglais (oboe), bassoon I, bassoon II, contra bassoon (bassoon), Eb clarinet, 4 x Bb clarinet I, 4 x Bb clarinet II, 4 x Bb clarinet III, alto clarinet, 2 x bass clarinet, 2 x alto saxophone I, 2 x alto saxophone II, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, 3 x trumpet I, 3 x trumpet II, 3 x trumpet III, horn I, horn II, horn III, horn IV, 2 x trombone I, 2 x trombone II, 2 x trombone III, 2 x euphonium (bass clef), 2 x euphonium (treble clef), 4 x tuba, double bass, timpani, 2 x percussion I, 3 x percussion II, 2 x percussion III, 2 x percussion IV, harp, piano (celesta)Instrumentation: wind bandProduct number: BHI 66317In stock€1,050.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
Performances
Boris Godunov
Conductor: Balázs Kocsár
April 27, 2024 |
Budapest (Hungary) , Magyar Állami Operaház — First Night
Boris Godunov
Conductor: Dmitry Sinkovsky
Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence
June 14, 2024 |
Avignon (France) , Opéra
Boris Godunov
Conductor: Dmitry Sinkovsky
Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence
June 16, 2024 |
Avignon (France) , Opéra
Boris Godunow
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
October 3, 2024 |
Hamburg (Germany) , Staatsoper — Revival
Boris Godunow
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
October 6, 2024 |
Hamburg (Germany) , Staatsoper
Boris Godunow
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
October 8, 2024 |
Hamburg (Germany) , Staatsoper
Boris Godunow
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
October 11, 2024 |
Hamburg (Germany) , Staatsoper