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Mussorgsky -- Pictures at an Exhibition [Paperback]

Moussorgsky's most famous work, "Pictures at an Exhibition" (orch. by Maurice Ravel) is available is this very nice edition from the Boosey & Hawkes Masterworks Library. This work has been one of the most performed orchestral works by American symphony orchestras over the past few years and is a major piece in the repertoire. This is considered to be the definitive edition of this great piece and comes highly recommended.Mussorgsky: Pictures at an ExhibitionPictures at an Exhibition

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Product Description:
Based on the autograph manuscript and earliest editions, editor Nancy Bricard addresses the sources and discrepancies between the various publications of Moussorgsky's most important contribution to piano literaturePictures at an Exhibition. This well-researched edition describes the close relationship between the composer and Russian artist Victor Hartmann, whose paintings and sketches inspired the creation of this collection of musical works. Bricard offers fascinating insight into the composer's compositional process by including music passages in her footnotes that Moussorgsky had discarded from the autograph. Also discussed are matters of tempo, fingering, pedaling and interpretation, as well as background on the historical, cultural and social environment that influenced the composer's music.