Mussorgsky's inspiration for Pictures was the death of his dear friend, the architect and visual artist Victor Hartman. Having died at age 39, Hartman had not yet had the opportunity to realize any of his architectural visions, and Mussorgsky was angered...

Piano score. "Night on the Bare Mountain" is a composition by Modest Mussorgsky, and this piano transcription by C.Tchernow is based on N. Rimsky-Korsakov's version. Night on Bald Mountain is a composition by Modest Mussorgsky that exists in at least...