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'''Pictures at an Exhibition''' was written in 1854 by the [[Russia]]n composer [[Modest Mussorgsky]] to commemorate the death of his close friend, artist and painter Victor Hartman.  Originally scored for piano, the full piece, or sections of it, have been orchestrated many times in many different versions, most recently in 2019. The most famous of these orchestral versions was completed by the French composer [[Maurice Ravel]] in 1927. The famous conductor Polish Leopold Stokowski also orchestrated several sections in 1939.  Mussorgsky himself, while probably having intended to do an orchestral version, never did so, and never heard an orchestrated version in his lifetime.

'''Pictures at an Exhibition''' was written in 1874 by the [[Russia]]n composer [[Modest Mussorgsky]] to commemorate the death of his close friend, artist and painter Victor Hartman.  Originally scored for piano, the full piece, or sections of it, have been orchestrated many times in many different versions, most recently in 2019. The most famous of these orchestral versions was completed by the French composer [[Maurice Ravel]] in 1927. The famous conductor Polish Leopold Stokowski also orchestrated several sections in 1939.  Mussorgsky himself, while probably having intended to do an orchestral version, never did so, and never heard an orchestrated version in his lifetime.

The English band Emerson, Lake, and Palmer did a rock version in 1971, and the Japanese synthesizer virtuoso Isao Tomito did a complete keyboard synthesized version in 1976.

The English band Emerson, Lake, and Palmer did a rock version in 1971, and the Japanese synthesizer virtuoso Isao Tomito did a complete keyboard synthesized version in 1976.