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In 1874, Modest Mussorgsky, a Russian composer, visited a memorial exhibition of
paintings by his artist friend, Viktor Hartmann.
Hartmann Exhibit…
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Hartmann, a well-known artist and architect, had died the previous year at the age of 39
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Deeply moved by his friend’s pictures, Mussorgsky chose ten of them for musical
illustration.
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Although Mussorgsky composed the music for piano, Maurice Ravel arranged the most
well known orchestral setting.
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Now, let’s try to imagine how each of these ten paintings may have
appeared…
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Promenade IPromenade I
Depicts our composer walking
into the gallery, then moving from
painting to painting.
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GnomeGnomeA little gnome, clumsily running with crooked legs
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Promenade IIPromenade II
Key of A flat major. The promenade theme, illustrating the composer walking from work to work.
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The Old CastleThe Old CastleA muted alto saxophone conjures images of a troubadour singing outside the walls of a medieval castle.
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Promenade IIIPromenade III
Key of B major. The promenade theme, extremely short (8 measures).
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TuileriesTuileries Children’s sol-mi chant evokes images of hide & seek and tag… and running home for dinner at the end of the day.
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Bydlo (Ox Cart)Bydlo (Ox Cart)The ox cart approaches from the distance, plodding along as its driver deeply sings a Russian folk song. Then they both disappear into the distance…
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Promenade IVPromenade IV Key of D minor. The promenade Key of D minor. The promenade
theme is now sad and pensivetheme is now sad and pensive
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Ballet of the Unhatched Ballet of the Unhatched ChicksChicks
AABA’ form:
The last A’ section ends with what sounds like the peeping of the hatched chick
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Goldenberg and Goldenberg and SchmuyleSchmuyle
Strong Strings and a Trembling Trumpet
depict a verbal disagreement between two old friends… one
particularly overbearing and the
other somewhat mild-mannered and
nervous. Who gets the last word?
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The MarketplaceThe Marketplace
Rapid, high-pitched notes simulate the chattering voices of women and vendors bartering in the in the market
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The Catacombs/ Cum The Catacombs/ Cum Mortuis in lingua Mortuis in lingua mortuamortua
Loud and soft chords mysteriously evoke the cavernous acoustics of the catacombs. The second part features a ghostly, hymn-like variation of the promenade theme.
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The Hut of Baba YagaThe Hut of Baba YagaGrunting strings… snarling brass…
shrieking woodwinds…
All create Baba Yaga’s mysterious
hut on chicken’s
legs!
•ternary form (ABA)
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The Great Gate of KievThe Great Gate of Kiev
Long Live
Hartman
n and
Mussorgsky!
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CREDITS:
•Audio excerpts, for educational purposes only, from: Philips Digital Classics: Muossorgsky; Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Riccardo Muti, 1991
•Some descriptive wordings of the various suite sections from the album insert written by Bernard Jacobson