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Mussorgsky

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Mussorgsky, Moussorgsky
Modest Petrovich . 1839--81, Russian composer. He translated inflections of speech into melody in such works as the song cycle Songs and Dances of Death (1875--77) and the opera Boris Godunov (1874). His other works include Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) for piano


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Music by Russian greats Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky forms the mainstay of the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra concert at Warwick Arts Centre - but there's a French offering as well.
Yn yr hanner cyntaf cawn glywed weithiau gan Schubert a Debussy, ac yna yn yr ail hanner mae'n perfformio Darluniau mewn Arddangosfa gan Mussorgsky.
Richter is not just the "poet of the piano" but also its "mage" and Mussorgsky provides extraordinarily inspirational material for his spells.
 
 
 
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