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New page: Modest Petrovich '''Mussorgsky''' (or, variously, Musorgsky, Mussougsky, Moussougsky etc.) (1839-1881), Russian composer and pianist is known for immensely colourful music insp...
Modest Petrovich '''Mussorgsky''' (or, variously, Musorgsky, Mussougsky, Moussougsky etc.) (1839-1881), [[Russian]] [[composer]] and [[pianist]] is known for immensely colourful music inspired by the history and folk lore of his homeland. He was a child prodigy on the piano, but became an officer in the guards and, later, a bureaucrat. He tended to be lazy and he drank, and much of his music has been arranged, edited, orchestrated and generally tidied up by others, mainly [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov|Rimsky-Korsakov]].
He is admired for his operas, all on national themes, all written with dramatic flair and a sense of realism. The best known ''“Boris Godunov”'' is in the repertoire of most major opera companies with ''“Khovanshchina”'' also frequently performed. (The prelude to ''“Khovanshchina”'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHpvRiC1lH4]] is a favourite orchestral “filler” piece and appears in many CD anthologies of Russian music.)
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]]. [[http://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 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIA8hHXfbC8&feature=PlayList&p=B53F4B363382272F&index=0&playnext=1]] and Ravel’s orchestration. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_98452AxFI]]
*A rough translation of ''“Song of the Flea”'' – an amalgam of several.
:Once upon a time lived a king
:Who owned a handsome flea….
:....a flea, hahahahaha .....a flea.
:He cherished him and loved him
:As though a son were he…
:A flea, hahahahaha ...a flea ha etc….a flea…
:He called the royal tailor
:Who toiled for days and nights
:To make the flea a doublet
:And fancy purple tights.
:….purple tights.
:A flea hahahaetc
:Our flea is dressed in velvet
:And silks of golden hue
:A ribbon o'er his shoulder
:A jewelled order too...
:...a flea! hahahaha...a flea!
:A minister they made him
:A diamond star he wore
:And all his poor relations
:Got orders galore...
:The courtiers, male and female,
:They were no longer gay.
:The queen and all her ladies
:Were pestered night and day, ha ha!
:To scratch they were forbidden,
:They had to bear the prick.
:But we, when we are bitten
:Know how to scratch... and kick!
:Hahahaha etc
[[Category: Composers]]
{{DEFAULTSORT: Mussorgsky, Modest}}
He is admired for his operas, all on national themes, all written with dramatic flair and a sense of realism. The best known ''“Boris Godunov”'' is in the repertoire of most major opera companies with ''“Khovanshchina”'' also frequently performed. (The prelude to ''“Khovanshchina”'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHpvRiC1lH4]] is a favourite orchestral “filler” piece and appears in many CD anthologies of Russian music.)
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]]. [[http://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 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIA8hHXfbC8&feature=PlayList&p=B53F4B363382272F&index=0&playnext=1]] and Ravel’s orchestration. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_98452AxFI]]
*A rough translation of ''“Song of the Flea”'' – an amalgam of several.
:Once upon a time lived a king
:Who owned a handsome flea….
:....a flea, hahahahaha .....a flea.
:He cherished him and loved him
:As though a son were he…
:A flea, hahahahaha ...a flea ha etc….a flea…
:He called the royal tailor
:Who toiled for days and nights
:To make the flea a doublet
:And fancy purple tights.
:….purple tights.
:A flea hahahaetc
:Our flea is dressed in velvet
:And silks of golden hue
:A ribbon o'er his shoulder
:A jewelled order too...
:...a flea! hahahaha...a flea!
:A minister they made him
:A diamond star he wore
:And all his poor relations
:Got orders galore...
:The courtiers, male and female,
:They were no longer gay.
:The queen and all her ladies
:Were pestered night and day, ha ha!
:To scratch they were forbidden,
:They had to bear the prick.
:But we, when we are bitten
:Know how to scratch... and kick!
:Hahahaha etc
[[Category: Composers]]
{{DEFAULTSORT: Mussorgsky, Modest}}