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He wrote four operas, various songs, including [[song cycle]]s, the most popular of which is ''“Songs and Dances of Death”''. The most popular of his individual songs is the ''“Song of the Flea” ''to a humorous text by [[Goethe]]. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQfs7e2jHH8]
He wrote four operas, various songs, including [[song cycle]]s, the most popular of which is ''“Songs and Dances of Death”''. The most popular of his individual songs is the ''“Song of the Flea” ''to a humorous text by [[Goethe]]. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQfs7e2jHH8]
His most popular orchestral work is ''“St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain”'', (which was included in [[Walt Disney]]’s ''“Fantasia”''.) The suite for piano, ''“Pictures at an Exhibition”'', is better known in the version for orchestra by [[Maurice Ravel]], and is a tribute to the genius of both Mussorgsky’s inspiration [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIA8hHXfbC8&feature=PlayList&p=B53F4B363382272F&index=0&playnext=1] and Ravel’s orchestration. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_98452AxFI]
His most popular orchestral work is ''“St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain”'', (which was included in [[Walt Disney]]’s ''“Fantasia”''.) The suite for piano, ''“Pictures at an Exhibition”'', exists in numerous orchestrated versions, the most commonly performed by [[Maurice Ravel]], and is a tribute to the genius of both Mussorgsky’s inspiration [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIA8hHXfbC8&feature=PlayList&p=B53F4B363382272F&index=0&playnext=1] and Ravel’s orchestration. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_98452AxFI]
*A rough translation of ''“Song of the Flea”'' – an amalgam of several.
*A rough translation of ''“Song of the Flea”'' – an amalgam of several.