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.
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''Pictures at an Exhibition'' is a prime example of late nineteenth [[Romantic period (music)|Romantic program music]], music with a literary basis.
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''Pictures at an Exhibition'' was composed hurriedly for an Exhibit of Hartmann's painting to commemorate the artist's death. Many of the original paintings have been lost.
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''Pictures'' consists of 10 musical portraits of paintings by Hartamnn interspersed periodically by a Promenade, which is Mussorgsky himself walking between exhibits. ''Pictures'' is a prime example of late nineteenth [[Romantic period (music)|Romantic program music]], music with a literary basis.