Modest Mussorgsky

Composer

Modest Mussorgsky

1839 - 1881

Biography

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (21 March 1839 – 28 March 1881) was a Russian composer. 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. Many of his works were inspired by Russian history, Russian folklore, and other national themes.

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Song List

This list is likely to be of songs that have been performed at Oxford International Song Festivals and Oxford Song events, and may not be comprehensive of this composer's compositions. This database is ever growing as a work in progress, with further songs regularly being added.

Desire	Modest Mussorgsky
Detskaja, 'The Nursery'	Modest Mussorgsky
From My Tears Op. 2 no.4	Modest Mussorgsky
Gde ty, zvjozdochka ('Where art thou, little star? ') (1857)	Modest Mussorgsky
Hobby Horse	Modest Mussorgsky
Impromptu Passione	Modest Mussorgsky
In the Corner	Modest Mussorgsky
Ja ‑‑ cvetok polevoj, ja ‑‑ lilija dolin ('Hebrew Song') (1867)	Modest Mussorgsky
Lullaby (1875)	Modest Mussorgsky
Memories of Childhood	Modest Mussorgsky
Nanny Locks Me In A Dark Cupboard	Modest Mussorgsky
Night (Romance - fantasia) (1864)	Modest Mussorgsky
Otchego, skazhi, dusha-devica ('Tell me, why, dear maiden') (1858)	Modest Mussorgsky
Pesn' Saula pered boem ('King Saul') (1863)	Modest Mussorgsky
Pesnya Mefistofelya o blokhe, 'The Song of the Flea'	Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)	Modest Mussorgsky
Po Griby ('Gathering mushrooms') (1867)	Modest Mussorgsky
Polkovodec ('Field marshal') (1877)	Modest Mussorgsky
Serenade (1875)	Modest Mussorgsky
Songs and Dances of Death ('Pesni i pljaski smerti') (1875) 1875 (Nos. 1-3); 1877 (No. 4)	Modest Mussorgsky
The cat 'Sailor' no.7	Modest Mussorgsky
Trepak (1875)	Modest Mussorgsky
With Nanny	Modest Mussorgsky
With the Doll	Modest Mussorgsky