Musorgsky M. Pictures at an Exhibition

Pictures at an Exhibition was written by M. Mussorgsky in 1874 under the impression of the show of talented painter and architect V. Hartmann. The composition is written in the from a suite. Every piece is a peculiar world in which original picturesque manner of thinking of Mussorgsky is exposed. Vivacity, richness and diversity of discriptions are combined with the novelty and wealth of the musical language. 

The present edition is based on the text of Muzgiz publishing edited by P. A. Lamm. The text is checked after the autograph. Fingering of the pieces as well as marks of single notes performance displacement from one hand’s part to the other hand are put by editors. Dynamic and other additional notes in the original text are put in brackets. The author’s leagues are not changed excepting several places in pieces No 1 and No 2 which were corrected with the purpose of leagues unification in analogous episodes.

CONTENTS:

A Walk (Music text example)
1. А Gnome
2. An Old Castle
3. Jardin de Tuileries (Children's Quarrel after Play)
4. Bydlo
5. А Ballet of Unhatching Chickens
6. Two Jews, Rich and Poor
A Walk
7. Limoge. The Market (A Big News)
8. Catacombs (A Rome Sepulchre)
With Dead in the Dead Language
9. А Log Hut with Hen’s Legs (Baba Jaga) (Music text example)
10. А Giant’s Gates (In Kiev Capital)