Talk:List of works by Modest Mussorgsky

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Well done! I have few questions, though: 1) As far as I'm aware of, Oedipus in Athens was not intended to be an opera but rather an incidental music, like Peer Gynt, and only one number has survived (so it may be included as a choral work). 2) Wasn't Mlada a collaborative work? (Shouldn't it be mentioned if so?) 3) Isn't the symphony lost also? 4) On the Southern Shore of the Crimea is, I believe, not a suite at all, but the name of the first number and the capriccio is called Close to the Southern Shore of the Crimea, or vice versa. isn't it? 5) Can you, please, add some details about transcriptions?

Its nice to know somebody actually reads this page. First I have to say that I composed this list from the book by Calvocoressi, which was published back in 1956. All my other Musorgsky books are in storage and inaccessible, including the Master Musicians book by Calvocoressi and Abraham, which has been reissued with a new works list, and the Grove Russian Composers set which has a comprehensive works list also. Both of these works lists are newer than the one I working from here. I hope to update the list when I can access my other books. You are welcome to do so if you have an authoritative source. Maybe you are correct about Oedipus (my list calls it Oedipus Rex like many others that base it on Sophocles). The excerpt would still belong under Stage Works as it is an unfinished fragment of a larger work. I suppose it could only be classed a choral work if the composer published it separately, or made mention of it as a choral work. Yes, Mlada is a collaborative work. If anyone follows the link I placed there, they will learn that and much more. I didn't bother to mention it because I am meticulous about the list and thought an extended explanation would mar the appearance. Perhaps the symphony is lost, my list does not confirm this point. A newer list might. You are probably correct about the "Crimean" pair of piano pieces. I have two sets of recordings of Musorgsky's "complete piano works", but alas, they are also in storage. This page http://culture.pskov.ru/ru/persons/object/5 seems to confirm your theory. The other piece (the capriccio) is called "БЛИЗ ЮЖНОГО БЕРЕГА КРЫМА" according to this site. Lastly, I regret that I cannot provide any more information on the transciptions until I retrieve my other books. Thank you for taking the time to critique my page. It was a big chore just to match the Russian titles with the book list, which is only in English. I look forward to correcting my work in the future, but I cannot at this time. Ivan Velikii 04:37, 20 September 2006 (UTC)