Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
Alternative Names: | Moussorgsky, Modest Petrovich |
Birth Year: | 1839 |
Death Year: | 1881 |
Notes: | Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five". He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period. He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music. |
Compositions:
Title | Alternate Title(s) |
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Hi, River Broad and Bright | |
Song of the Flea |