Mussorgsky - Pictures At An Exhibition Piano Urtext
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SKU: HU.HN477
Composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. Edited by Petra Weber-Bockholdt. Piano Solo, Piano & Keyboard, Repertoire, Solos. Pictures at an Exhibition. Classical, Romantic. Softcover Book. 51 pages. G. Henle #HN477. Published by G. Henle (HU.HN477).12.2 x 9.3 x 0.2 inches.
This suite in ten movements, with a recurring varied Promenade, is Mussorgsky's most famous piano composition, and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists. He was inspired to create this masterpiece by an exbibition of paintings and drawings by the architect and illustrator Victor Hartmann. Edited by Petra Weber-Bockholdt with fingering by Klaus Schilde. Contains: No. 1 "Gnomus" (The Gnome) No. 2 "Il vecchio castello" (The Old Castle) No. 3 "Tuileries" (Dispute d'enfants apres jeux) (Tuileries (Dispute between Children at Play)) No. 4 "Bydlo" (Cattle) No. 5Ballett der unausgeschlupften Kuken (Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks) No. 6 "Samuel" Goldenberg und "Schmuyle" (Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle) No. 7 "Limoges", le marche (The Market at Limoges) No. 8 Catacombae (The Catacombs) No. 9 Die Hutte auf Huhnerfussen (The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)) No. 10 Das Heldentor (The Bogatyr Gates (in the Capital in Kiev)).
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