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

- Flute & Piccolo (1 part)

- Oboe & English Horn (1 part)

- Bb Clarinet & A Clarinet (1 part)

- Bassoon (1 part)

- F Horn (1 part)

- Violin I (1 part)

- Violin II (1 part)

- Viola (1 part)

- Cello (1 part)

- Contrabass (1 part)

- Harp (1 part)

- 1 or 2 Percussions (1 part):

   - Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Vibraphone

   - Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Floor Tom

   - Suspended Cymbal

   - Triangle, 2 Wood Blocks

   - Eb Tubular Bell (ad lib)

  Duration

27 mn 45 s

  Tempo

- Promenade 1: Allegro

- Gnomus: Vivo

- Promenade 2: Moderato

- Il Vecchio Castello: Andante

- Promenade 3: Moderato

- Tuileries: Allegretto

- Bydlo: Moderato

- Promenade 4: Tranquillo

- Ballet des Poussins dans leurs Coques:

  Scherzino

- Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle: Andante

- Promenade 5 : Allegro

- 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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  Size of PDF files

- Score + All parts: 4716 kB

- Score only: 1858 kB

- All parts only: 2128 kB

  Copyright

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