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Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
Anna Harwell Celenza
Item #:
9781580895286
Price:
$16.95
In the early 1870s the Russian composer Modest Mussorsky was part of a
community of
young artists who dreamed of exporting the glories of Russian art to Europe and
the rest of the world. While Mussorsky worked on an opera drawn from Russian
history, his friend the artist Victor Hartmann drew designs for a magnificent set of
gates for the city of Kiev. However, when Hartman suddenly died before the gates
could be built, Mussorsky lost his will to continue composing. It was not until his
friends convinced him to create a work that would honor Hartman's life and creative
output that he regained his artistic inspiration, and produced a work that was not
only
distinctly Russian, but also earned both artists a lasting place in the memories of
concert goers around the world.Book,
32 pages.
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