Pictures at an Exhibition is a famous suite of ten piano pieces composed by Modest MUSSORGSKY in 1874. It is generally acknowledged to be MUSSORGSKY’s greatest solo piano composition, and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists. It has also become known through various orchestrations and arrangements produced by other musicians and composers, with Ravel's arrangement being the most recorded and performed.

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  Composer

Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)

All the transcriptions and arrangements of Pieces of Modest MUSSORGSKY are here

  Instrumentation

- 1 Flute & Piccolo

- 1 Oboe & English Horn

- 1 Bb Clarinet & A Clarinet

- 1 Bassoon

- 1 F Horn

- 2 Violins

- 1 Viola

- 1 Cello

- 1 Contrabass

- 1 Harp

- 1 or 2 Percussions:

   - Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Vibraphone

   - Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Suspended Cymbal

   - Triangle, 2 Wood Blocks

   - Ratchet, Timpani (ad lib), Eb Tubular Bell (ad

      lib)

  Duration

25 mn 52 s

  Tempo

- Promenade 1: Allegro

- Gnomus: Vivo

- Promenade 2: Moderato

- Il Vecchio Castello: Andante

- Promenade 3: Moderato

- Tuileries: Allegretto

- Bydlo: Moderato

- Promenade 4: Tranquillo

- Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle: Andante

- Limoges: Le Marché: Allegretto

- Catacombae Sepulchrum Romanum: Largo

- Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua: Andante

- La Cabane de Baba Yaga sur des Pattes de

   Poule: Allegro - Andante - Allegro

- La Grande Porte de Kiev: Allegro

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