“Art is not an end in itself, but a means of addressing humanity.” Modest Petrowitsch Mussorgski (1839 - 1881)
This was Mussorgski’s main focus and driving force, the truthful portrayal of human life, and all its trials and tribulations. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the tumultuous highs and lows of Mussorgsky’s music today.
Mussorgsky was born into a wealthy, aristocratic family with a strong military tradition. After finishing his studies at the Cadet School of the Guard in St. Petersburg, Mussorgsky joined the Russian Imperial Guard. He soon gave up his commission to focus on his music. To that end, he held various positions as a civil servant to support his artistic and social development. Having got a taste for it at Cadet School, in his mid-twenties, Mussorgsky had his first issues with alcoholism. After his mother’s death in 1865, he fell into a deep depression which, along with his bohemian lifestyle, saw his alcoholism consume him, which resulted in an inability to work as an artist and composer. Despite the sincere efforts of his friends, particularly Rimsky-Korsakov, his brighter moments became few and far between. He finally succumbed to his vices, and died at the young age of 42.
The fundament of Mussorgsky’s music is realism. Its musical expression is gross, like the truth of life. Mussorgski’s music does not enchant but captivates with its emotional and dramatic charge. With this psychologically penetrating, harsh musical language, Mussorgsky influenced the entire up-and-coming generation of modern composers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The high point of Modest Mussorgsky’s artistic output is often viewed as his operas “Boris Godunov” and“ Khovanshchina”, which explore many new ideas, such as their dramatic musical structure, setting of folk texts, grand expressiveness amongst others. Numerous autobiographical elements can also be found in all his dramatic works.
An important part of the Mussorgsky’s work is his 60 songs, which reflect well the tragic nature of his troubled soul. The most famous symphonic works are “A Night on the Bald Mountain” and the cycle “Pictures at an Exhibition”, originally composed for piano, which today is mainly performed in the instrumental arrangement by Maurice Ravel.
Faksimileausgabe nach dem Autograph der Russischen Nationalbibliothek, St. Petersburg
for: Piano
Music score (reprint, hardcover)
Item no.: 765980
für Gesang und Klavier
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 360837
from Pictures of an Exhibition
Muzika Ensemble Music
for: Flexible ensemble (5 parts), piano (school orchestra)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 224205
for: Brass ensemble (5 parts)
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 597229
Klassik
for: Viola, piano
Buch
Item no.: 299603
form "Pictures at an Exhibition"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1665587
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1385587
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1385171
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383144
for: Bläserquintett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 963855
study score
for: Orchestra
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 362247
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358994
Urfassung (1868/69) und Endfassung (1872/74)
Oper in 4 Akten und Prolog
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 286183
Oper in vier Aufzügen mit einem Prolog
Originalfassung
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 286077
Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 1586198
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 696486
aus dem Klavierzyklus "Bilder einer Ausstellung"
Transkription für Gitarre
for: Guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 2394
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 945343
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 348284
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1186077
for: Flexible ensemble
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 155513
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 924966
Ten Pieces
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 735815
after the original edition
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 744001
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 191323
édition bon(n)orgue Vol. 45
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1550313
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 857395
The Great Classics
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 863799
From Pictures At An Exhibition
for: Trumpet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1299327
Triumphal March
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1298360
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242656
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1242654
Klassik
for: Saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 269785
for: Tenor saxophone [soprano saxophone], piano [organ]
Item no.: 299086
Aspekte des Opernwerks
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 278742
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210280
für Viola und Harfe (Klavier)
for: KAMMERMUSIK SONSTIGEBESETZUNGEN GEMISCHTE DUOS
Item no.: 301769
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951597
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994481
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 865672
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1385901
for Piano (Alfred V. Frankenstein)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 404158
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 696611
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1185100
"Procession of the Princes" [from Mlada]
European parts included
Amstel Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208825
for: Streichquartett, Kontrabass (ad libitum)
Score, part
Item no.: 1199539
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 696685
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 109226
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