Who is Mussorgsky?

modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, or Musorgsky, was born in Karevo Russia in 1839 and became one of the five, a group of Russian composers, including Mila Balakirev, Alexander Borodin, César Cui and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He was known to focus on the Russian identity of his music and was influenced by Russian history and folklore in his work.

Musorgsky's music training began at the age of six of the piano lesson from his mother. He began to perform for his family and known in nine and the following year he and his brother were to study in Peterschule in St. Petersburg. He released his first piano composition when he was 12. At the age of 13 he was written in the cadet school Guard to prepare for military service. His playing on the piano was awarded and was able to continue his lessons. It was in Daromyzhsky's Soirées that he met César Cui and Balakirev. who decided to help the Musorg music career and introduced him to music outside the piano music, which wasAll he knew.

In 1858, shortly after the beginning of Balakirev's leadership, Musorgs gave up his commission to focus on music. The following year he had the opportunity to help in the production of Glinka, Glinka is the most famous Russian composer at the time. Family financial problems followed the emancipation of serfs in 1861 and after the closure of his actions to try to help their family, he began to learn.

his mother's death occurred in 1865 and in 1867 he composed the original version of Night on the Bald Mountain . The year 1867 also described the first reference to the five and greater combinations of Mezieen Musorgsky and Daromyzhsky. Musorsgky began and threw an opera based on natural speech samples, but in 1868 he began writing an opera from the story of Boris Godun.

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combination of pushkin game and the historical text Karamzina finished the first version in 1871 just to refuse it due to lack of Prima Donna. Revised, excerpts werePresented in 1873 and the first full production followed in February 1874.

Soon this peak passed and Musorgsky mourned over the break -up of five and the death of his friend Viktor Hartmann. Musorgsky began to drink heavily, but also composed the piano suites pictures at the exhibition . Eventually he was released from his work because of the absence of alcoholism and his friends supported him for some time. At the beginning of 1881 he suffered several seizures and several dies later.