List of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky
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Category | Title | Translation | Start | End | Text Basis | Status | Pub. | Publisher |
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Opera | Han d´Island | Han of Iceland | 1856 | 1856 | Hugo | Projected | — | — |
Opera | Эдип в Афинах | Oedipus in Athens | 1858 | 1861 | Ozerov | Unfinished | 1883 | |
Opera | Саламбо (or Ливиец) | Salammbô (or The Libyan) | 1863 | 1866-04-10 | Flaubert | Unfinished | 1939 | Muzgiz |
Opera | Женитьба | Marriage | 1868-06-11 | 1868-07-08 | Gogol | Unfinished | 1908 | Bessel |
Opera | Борис Годунов | Boris Godunov | 1868-10 | 1869-12-15 | Pushkin | Initial Version | 1928 | Muzsektor |
Opera | Бобыль | The Landless Peasant | 1870 | 1870 | Spielhagen | Projected | — | — |
Opera | Борис Годунов | Boris Godunov | 1871 | 1872-06-23 | Pushkin | Revision | 1874 | Bessel |
Opera-Ballet | Млада | Mlada | 1872 | 1872 | Krïlov | Unfinished | 1931 | Muzgiz |
Opera | Хованщина | Khovanshchina | 1872-06 | 1880 | Mussorgsky | Unfinished | 1883 | Bessel |
Opera | Сорочинская ярмарка | Sorochyntsi Fair | 1874 | 1880 | Gogol | Unfinished | 1916 | Bessel |
Opera | Пугачёвщина | Pugachovshchina | 1877 | 1877 | Pushkin | Projected | — | — |
Orchestra | Скерцо B-dur | Scherzo in B flat major | 1858 | 1858 | — | Orchestration | 1883 | Bessel |
Orchestra | Alla marcia notturna | Alla marcia notturna (like a nocturnal march) | 1861 | 1861 | — | — | ||
Orchestra | Симфония D-dur | Symphony in D major | 1861 | 1862 | — | Lost | — | — |
Orchestra | Иванова ночь на лысой горе | St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain | 1866 | 1867 | — | 1968 | ||
Orchestra | Intermezzo symphonique in modo classico | Symphonic Intermezzo in the Classic Style | 1867 | 1867 | — | Revision | 1883 | Bessel |
Orchestra | Подибрад чешский | Podebrad of Bohemia | 1867 | 1867 | — | Projected | — | — |
Orchestra | Взятие Карса | The Capture of Kars | 1880 | 1880 | — | 1883 | Bessel | |
Orchestra | Большая сюита на среднеазиатские темы | Grand Suite on Central Asian Themes (Transcaucasian Suite) | 1880 | 1880 | — | Projected | — | — |
Piano | Porte-enseigne (Polka) | Porte-enseigne (Polka) | 1852 | 1852 | — | 1852 | Bernard | |
Piano | Souvenir d'Enfance | Souvenir of Childhood | 1857 | 1857 | — | 1911 | Bessel | |
Piano | Соната Es-dur | Sonata in E flat major | 1858 | 1858 | — | Lost | — | — |
Piano | Соната fis-moll | Sonata in F sharp minor | 1858 | 1858 | — | Lost | — | — |
Piano | Скерцо cis-moll | Scherzo in C sharp minor | 1858 | 1858 | — | Initial Version | 1911 | Bessel |
Piano | Скерцо cis-moll | Scherzo in C sharp minor | 1858 | 1858 | — | Revision | 1939 | Muzgiz |
Piano | Скерцо B-dur | Scherzo in B flat major | 1858 | 1858 | — | |||
Piano Duet | Персидский хор из оперы „Руслан и Людмила“ | Persian Chorus from the Opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila" | 1858 | 1858 | — | Arrangement | ||
Piano Duet | Souvenir d'une nuit d'été à Madrid | Souvenir of a Summer Night in Madrid | 1858 | 1858 | — | Arrangement | ||
Piano | Impromptu | Impromptu | 1859 | 1859 | — | Initial Version | 1939 | Muzgiz |
Piano | Impromptu passionné | Passionate Impromptu (Recollection of Beltov and Lyuba) | 1859 | 1859 | — | Revision | 1911 | Bessel |
Piano | Ein Kinderscherz | Children's Games | 1859 | 1859 | — | 1934 | Muzgiz | |
Piano Duet | Увертюра на темы трех русских песен | Overture on the Themes of Three Russian Songs | 1860 | 1860 | — | Arrangement | ||
Piano Duet | Король Лир, музыка к трагедии Шекспира | King Lear, music to Shakespeare's Tragedy | 1860 | 1860 | — | Arrangement | ||
Piano | Бетховен, Л.: Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 59, No. 3 | Andante, from String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, by Beethoven | 1859 | 1859 | — | Arrangement | ||
Piano | Ein Kinderscherz | Children's Games | 1860 | 1860 | — | 1873 | Bitner | |
Piano Duet | Соната C-dur | Sonata in C major | 1860 | 1860 | — | Unfinished | ||
Piano | Preludium in modo classico | Prelude in the Classic Style | 1860 | 1860 | — | Lost | — | — |
Piano | Intermezzo in modo classico | Intermezzo in the Classic Style | 1860 | 1861 | — | Initial Version | 1873 | Bitner |
Piano | Intermezzo in modo classico | Intermezzo in the Classic Style | 1867 | 1867 | — | Revision | 1939 | Muzgiz |
Piano | Menuet monstre | Menuet monstre | 1861 | 1861 | — | Lost | — | — |
Piano Duet | Бетховен, Л.: Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 130 | Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 130 | 1862 | 1862 | — | Arrangement | ||
Piano | Грузинская песня | Georgian Song | 1862 | 1862 | — | Arrangement | 1862 | Stellovsky |
Piano Duet | Ромео и Джульетта: • Бал у Капулетти • Королева Маб | Romeo and Juliet: • Banquet at the Capulet's • Queen Mab | 1862 | 1862 | — | Arrangement | ||
Piano | Из воспоминаний детсва | From Memories of Childhood | 1865 | 1865 | — | 1934 | Muzgiz | |
Piano | Дума | Rêverie | 1865 | 1865 | — | 1911 | Bessel | |
Piano | La Capricieuse | La Capricieuse | 1865 | 1865 | — | 1939 | Muzgiz | |
Piano | Бетховен, Л.: Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 59, No. 2 | Allegretto, from String Quartet in e minor, Op. 59, No. 2, by Beethoven | 1867 | 1867 | — | Arrangement | ||
Piano | Бетховен, Л.: Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 131 | Presto, from String Quartet in c-sharp minor, Op. 131, by Beethoven | 1867 | 1867 | — | Arrangement | ||
Piano | Бетховен, Л.: Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 135 | Lento and Vivace, from String Quartet in F major, Op. 135, by Beethoven | 1867 | 1867 | — | Arrangement | ||
Piano | Швея (скерцино) | The Seamstress (Scherzino) | 1871 | 1871 | — | 1872 | Bernard | |
Piano | Картинки с выставки | Pictures from an Exhibition | 1874-06-02 | 1874-06-22 | — | 1886 | Bessel | |
Piano | Буря на черном море | Storm on the Black Sea | 1879 | 1879 | — | Lost | — | — |
Piano | На южном берегу Крыма (Гурзуф у Аю-Дага) | On the Southern Shore of the Crimea (Gurzuf at Ayu-Dag) | 1880 | 1880 | — | 1880 | Bernard | |
Piano | Близ южного берега Крыма | Near the Southern Shore of the Crimea (Capriccio) | 1880 | 1880 | — | 1880 | Bernard | |
Piano | Méditation (feuillet d'album) | Meditation (album leaf) | 1880 | 1880 | — | 1880 | Bernard | |
Piano | Une Larme | A Tear | 1880 | 1880 | — | 1880 | Bernard | |
Piano | Au Village (Quasi Fantasia) | In the Village (Quasi Fantasia) | 1880 | 1880 | — | 1882 | ||
Piano | Ярмарочная сцена из оперы Сорочинская ярмарка | Fair Scene from the opera Sorochyntsi Fair | 1880 | 1880 | — | Arrangement | 1939 | Muzgiz |
Piano | Гопак веселых паробков из оперы Сорочинская ярмарка | Gopak of the Merry Lads from the opera Sorochyntsi Fair | 1880 | 1880 | — | Arrangement | 1939 | Muzgiz |
Chorus | Марш Шамиля | Shamil's March | 1859 | 1859 | Projected | — | — | |
Chorus | Поражение Сеннахериба | The Destruction of Sennacherib | 1866 | 1867 | Byron | Initial Version | 1871 | Bitner |
Chorus | Поражение Сеннахериба | The Destruction of Sennacherib | 1874 | 1874 | Byron | Revision | 1939 | Muzgiz |
Chorus | Иисус Навин | Iisus Navin | 1874 | 1877-07-02 | The Bible | 1883 | Bessel | |
Chorus | Three Vocalises | 1880 | 1880 | — | ||||
Chorus | Пять Русских народных песен | Five Russian Folksongs | 1880 | 1880 | Anonymous | Unfinished | ||
Song | Сельская песня | Rustic Song | 1857 | 1857-04-18 | Grekov | Initial Version | 1911 | Bessel |
Song | Где ты, звёздочка? | Where Art Thou, Little Star? | 1858-06-03 | 1858-06-04 | Grekov | Orchestration | ||
Song | Где ты, звёздочка? | Where Art Thou, Little Star? | 1863-66 | 1863-66 | Grekov | Revision | ||
Song | Meines Herzens Sehnsucht | Longing of My Heart | 1858 | 1858-09-06 | Anonymous | 1907 | ||
Song | Отчего, скажи, душа-девица | Tell Me Gentle Maiden | 1858 | 1858-07-31 | Anonymous | 1867 | Iogansen | |
Song | Весёлый час | The Joyous Hour | 1858-59 | 1858-59 | Koltsov | Initial Version | ||
Song | Весёлый час | The Joyous Hour | 1863-66 | 1863-66 | Koltsov | Revision | 1923 | |
Song | Листья шумели уныло | Leaves Rustled Sadly | 1859 | 1859 | Pleshcheyev | 1911 | Bessel | |
Song | Что вам слова любви? | What are Words of Love to You? | 1860 | 1860 | Ammosov | 1923 | ||
Song | Много есть у меня теремов и садов | Many Are My Palaces and Gardens | 1863 | 1863 | Koltsov | 1923 | ||
Song | Песнь старца | Old Man's Song | 1863 | 1863-08-13 | Goethe | 1911 | Bessel | |
Song | Царь Саул | Tsar Saul | 1863 | 1863 | Byron | Initial Version | ||
Song | Царь Саул | Tsar Saul | 1863 | 1863 | Byron | Revision | 1871 | Bessel |
Song | Но если-бы с тобою я встретиться могла | But If I Could Meet Thee Again | 1863 | 1863-08-15 | Kurochkin | 1923 | ||
Song | Дуют ветры, ветры буйные | Wild Winds Blow | 1864 | 1864-03-28 | Koltsov | 1911 | Bessel | |
Song | Калистратушка | Kalistratushka | 1864 | 1864-05-22 | Nekrasov | Initial Version | ||
Song | Калистрат | Kalistrat | 1864 | 1864 | Nekrasov | Revision | ||
Song | Ночь | Night | 1864 | 1864-04-10 | Pushkin | Initial Version | ||
Song | Ночь | Night | 1868 | 1868 | Pushkin | Revision | 1871 | Bessel |
Song Duet | Ogni sabato (Canto Popolare Toscano) | Every Saturday (Tuscan Popular Song) | 1864 | 1864 | Arrangement | 1931 | ||
Song | Молитва | A Prayer | 1865 | 1865-02-02 | Lermontov | 1923 | ||
Song | Отверженная (Опыт речитатива) | The Outcast [Woman] (An essay in recitative) | 1865 | 1865-06-05 | Holz-Miller | 1923 | ||
Song | Колыбельная песня | Cradle Song | 1865 | 1865-09-05 | Ostrovsky | Initial version | ||
Song | Спи, усни, крестьянский сын | Sleep, go to sleep, peasant son | 1865 | 1865 | Ostrovsky | Revision | 1871 | Bessel |
Song | Малютка | Little One | 1866 | 1866-01-07 | Pleshcheyev | 1923 | ||
Song | Желание | Desire | 1866-04-15 | 1866-04-16 | Heine | 1911 | ||
Song | Из слёз моих | From My Tears | 1866 | 1866 | Heine | |||
Song | Светик Савишна | Darling Savishna | 1866 | 1866-09-02 | Mussorgsky | 1867 | Iogansen | |
Song | Ах, ты, пьяная тетеря | Ah, You Drunken Sot | 1866 | 1866 | Mussorgsky | 1926 | ||
Song | Семинарист | The Seminarist | 1866 | 1866 | Mussorgsky | 1870 | Benicke | |
Song | Гопак | Gopak | 1866 | 1866-08-31 | Shevchenko | Initial Version | ||
Song | Гопак | Gopak | 1868 | 1868 | Shevchenko | Revision | 1868 | Iogansen |
Song | Песнь Ярёмы | Yaryoma's Song | 1866 | 1866 | Shevchenko | Lost | — | — |
Song | На Днепре | On the Dnieper | 1879 | 1879-12-23 | Shevchenko | Revision | 1888 | |
Song | Еврейская песня | Hebrew Song | 1867 | 1867-06-12 | Mey | 1868 | Iogansen | |
Song | Стрекотунья-белобока | Magpie Whitesides | 1867 | 1867-08-26 | Pushkin | 1871 | Bessel | |
Song | По грибы | Gathering Mushrooms | 1867 | 1867-08 | Mey | 1868 | Iogansen | |
Song | Пирушка | The Banquet (or The Feast) | 1867 | 1867-09 | Koltsov | 1868 | Iogansen | |
Song | Озорник | The Urchin (or The Ragamuffin) | 1867 | 1867-12-19 | Mussorgsky | 1871 | Bessel | |
Song | Светская сказочка (Козёл) | A Society Tale (The Goat) | 1867 | 1867-12-23 | Mussorgsky | 1868 | Iogansen | |
Song | По над Доном сад цветёт | A Garden by the Don Blooms | 1867 | 1867-12-23 | Koltsov | 1883 | Bessel | |
Song | Классик | The Classicist | 1867 | 1867-12-30 | Mussorgsky | 1870 | Arngold | |
Song | Сиротка | The Orphan | 1868 | 1868-04-06 | Mussorgsky | 1871 | Bessel | |
Song | Колыбельная Ерёмушки | Yeryomushka's Lullaby | 1868 | 1868-03-16 | Nekrasov | 1871 | Bessel | |
Song | Детская песенка | A Child's Song | 1868 | 1868 | Mey | 1871 | Bessel | |
Song Cycle | Детская | The Nursery | 1868 | 1870 | Mussorgsky | 1872 | Bessel | |
Song | С няней | With Nanny | 1868 | 1868-04-26 | Mussorgsky | Part of a cycle | 1872 | Bessel |
Song | В углу | In the Corner | 1870 | 1870-09-30 | Mussorgsky | Part of a cycle | 1871 | Bessel |
Song | Жук | The Beetle | 1870 | 1870-10-18 | Mussorgsky | Part of a cycle | 1871 | Bessel |
Song | С куклой | With the Doll | 1870 | 1870-12-18 | Mussorgsky | Part of a cycle | 1871 | Bessel |
Song | На сон грядущий | At Bedtime | 1870 | 1870-12-18 | Mussorgsky | Part of a cycle | 1872 | Bessel |
Song Cycle | На даче | At the Dacha | 1872 | 1872 | Mussorgsky | Unfinished | 1882 | Bessel |
Song | Поехал на палочке | Ride on a Stick-Horse | 1872 | 1872-09-15 | Mussorgsky | Part of a cycle | 1882 | Bessel |
Song | Кот Матрос | The Cat 'Sailor' | 1872 | 1872-08-15 | Mussorgsky | Part of a cycle | 1882 | Bessel |
Song | Раёк | The Gallery (The Peep-Show) | 1870 | 1870-06-15 | Mussorgsky | 1871 | Bessel | |
Song | Вечерняя песенка | Evening Song | 1871 | 1871-03-15 | Pleshcheyev | 1912 | Bessel | |
Song Cycle | Без солнца | Without Sun (or Sunless) | 1874 | 1874-08-25 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | 1874 | Bessel | |
Song | В четырех стенах | Within Four Walls | 1874 | 1874-05-07 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1874 | Bessel |
Song | Меня в толпе ты не узнала | Thou Didst Not Know Me in the Crowd | 1874 | 1874-05-19 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1874 | Bessel |
Song | Окончен праздный шумный день | The Idle Noisy Day is Ended | 1874 | 1874-05-20 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1874 | Bessel |
Song | Скучай | Be bored | 1874 | 1874-06-02 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1874 | Bessel |
Song | Элегия | Elegy | 1874 | 1874-08-19 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1874 | Bessel |
Song | Над рекой | On the River | 1874 | 1874-08-25 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1874 | Bessel |
Song | Забытый | Forgotten | 1874 | 1874 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | 1874 | Bessel | |
Song | Надгробное письмо | The Epitaph | 1874 | 1874 | Mussorgsky | Unfinished | 1912 | Bessel |
Song | Крапивная Гора | Nettle Mountain | 1874 | 1874 | Mussorgsky | Unfinished | 1939 | Muzgiz |
Song Cycle | Песни и пляски смерти | Songs and Dances of Death | 1875 | 1877 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | 1882 | Bessel | |
Song | Колыбельная | Lullaby | 1875 | 1875-04-14 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1882 | Bessel |
Song | Серенада | Serenade | 1875 | 1875-05-11 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1882 | Bessel |
Song | Трепак | Trepak | 1875 | 1875-02-17 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1882 | Bessel |
Song | Полководец | The Field-Marshal | 1877 | 1877-06-05 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1882 | Bessel |
Song | Непонятная | The Misunderstood One | 1875 | 1875-12-21 | Mussorgsky | 1911 | Bessel | |
Song | Не божиим громом горе ударило | Not Like Thunder from Heaven | 1877 | 1877-03-05 | Tolstoy | 1882 | Bessel | |
Song | Горними тихо летела душа небесами | Softly the Spirit Flew up to Heaven | 1877 | 1877-03-09 | Tolstoy | 1882 | Bessel | |
Song | Ой, честь ли то молодцу лён прясти | Is It an Honor for a Young Man to Weave Flax? | 1877 | 1877-03-20 | Tolstoy | 1882 | Bessel | |
Song | Рассевается, расступается | It Scatters and Breaks | 1877 | 1877-03-21 | Tolstoy | 1882 | Bessel | |
Song | Видение | The Vision | 1877 | 1877-04-07 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | 1882 | Bessel | |
Song | Спесь | Pride | 1877-05-15 | 1877-05-16 | Tolstoy | 1882 | Bessel | |
Song | Странник | The Wanderer | 1878 | 1878 | Rückert | 1883 | Bessel | |
Song | Песня Мефистофеля в погребке Ауэрбаха (Песня о блохе) | Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Cellar (Song of the Flea) | 1879 | 1879 | Goethe | 1883 |
Detailed List by category
Operas
Title | Start | End | Notes |
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Hans of Iceland | 1856 | 1856 | Projected; to be based on the novel Han d'Islande (1823) by Victor Hugo |
Oedipus in Athens | 1858 | 1860 | Unfinished; based on the tragedy Oedipus in Athens (1804) by Vladislav Ozerov |
Salammbô | 1863 | 1866 | Unfinished; based on the novel Salammbô (1862) by Gustave Flaubert |
Marriage | 1868 | 1868 | Unfinished; Act I only; based on the comedy Marriage (1842) by Nikolai Gogol |
Boris Godunov | 1868-10 | 1869-12-15 | Original version; based on the drama Boris Godunov (1825) by Alexander Pushkin |
Bobïl | 1870 | 1870 | Projected; to be based on the drama Hans und Grete (1868) by Friedrich Spielhagen; Marfa's Divination from Khovanshchina derives from sketches for this work |
Boris Godunov | 1871 | 1872 | Revised version; based on the drama Boris Godunov (1825) by Alexander Pushkin; minor revisions in 1873 |
Mlada | 1872 | 1872 | Unfinished; libretto by Viktor Krïlov; collaborative work with Cui, Minkus, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin; |
Khovanshchina | 1872 | 1880 | Unfinished; libretto by Mussorgsky; based on historical accounts |
Sorochyntsi Fair | 1874 | 1880 | Unfinished; based on the short story Sorochyntsi Fair, from Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1832) by Nikolai Gogol |
Pugachovshchina | 1877 | 1877 | Projected; possibly to be based on the novel The Captain's Daughter (1836) by Alexander Pushkin |
Orchestral works
Title | Start | End | Notes |
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Scherzo in B flat major | 1858 | 1858 | Originally for piano |
Alla marcia notturna | 1861 | 1861 | |
Symphony in D major | 1861 | 1862 | Lost, unfinished: Andante, Scherzo, and Finale only |
St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain | 1867 | 1867 | Tone poem; recast for orchestra and chorus as 'Glorification of Chornobog' for inclusion in the collaborative opera Mlada (1872), and again as 'Dream Vision of the Peasant Lad' in the opera Sorochyntsi Fair (1880) |
Intermezzo symphonique in modo classico | 1867 | 1867 | Originally for piano; trio added |
Podebrad of Bohemia | 1867 | 1867 | Projected; based on the life of George of Poděbrady |
The Capture of Kars (March) | 1880 | 1880 | Occasional piece commemorating the Siege of Kars (1855) |
Transcaucasian Suite | 1880 | 1880 | Projected; for orchestra, harps, and piano |
Piano works
Title | Start | End | Notes |
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Porte-enseigne (Polka) | 1852 | 1852 | |
Souvenir of Childhood | 1857 | 1857 | Edition by V. Karatygin (1911) |
Sonata in E flat major | 1858 | 1858 | Lost; unfinished: Scherzo and Finale only |
Sonata in F sharp minor | 1858 | 1858 | Lost |
Scherzo in C sharp minor | 1858 | 1858 | Edition by V. Karatygin (1911) |
Scherzo in B flat major | 1858 | 1858 | Orchestrated |
Souvenir of a Night in Madrid | 1858 | 1858 | Arrangement of the fantasia on Spanish themes Souvenir d'une nuit d'été à Madrid (1848) by Mikhail Glinka for piano four hands |
Passionate Impromptu (Recollection of Beltov and Lyuba) | 1859 | 1859 | Inspired by the novel Who is to Blame? (1847) by Aleksandr Gertsen (Herzen) |
King Lear, Music to Shakespeare's Tragedy | 1859 | 1860 | Arrangement for piano four hands of the overture and entr'actes to the incidental music King Lear by Mily Balakirev |
Andante, from String Quartet in C major | 1859 | 1859 | Arrangement for piano solo of the 2nd movement of the String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, by Ludwig van Beethoven |
Children's Games | 1859 | 1859 | Original version |
Children's Games | 1860 | 1860 | Revised version |
Overture on Three Russian Themes | 1860 | 1860 | Arrangement of the Overture on the Themes of Three Russian Songs (1858) by Miliy Balakirev |
Sonata in C major | 1860 | 1860 | Unfinished; for piano four hands; Allegro and Scherzo only; scherzo based on Scherzo in c sharp minor (1858) |
Prelude in the Classic Style | 1860 | 1860 | Lost |
Intermezzo in the Classic Style | 1860 | 1861 | Orchestrated (1867) |
Menuet Monstre | 1861 | 1861 | Lost |
Georgian Song | 1862 | 1862 | Arrangement of the orchestral accompaniment to the song by Miliy Balakirev |
String Quartet in B flat major | 1862 | 1862 | Arrangement for 2 pianos, 8 hands, of the String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 130, by Ludwig van Beethoven; finale incomplete |
From Memories of Childhood | 1865 | 1865 | |
Rêverie | 1865 | 1865 | On a theme by V. Loginov |
La Capricieuse | 1865 | 1865 | On a theme by L. Geyden (Heyden) |
Allegretto, from String Quartet in e minor | 1867 | 1867 | Arrangement for piano solo of the 3rd movement of the String Quartet in e minor, Op. 59, No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven |
Presto, from String Quartet in c-sharp minor | 1867 | 1867 | Arrangement for piano solo of the 5th movement of the String Quartet in c-sharp minor, Op. 131, by Ludwig van Beethoven |
Vivace and Lento, from String Quartet in F major | 1867 | 1867 | Arrangement for piano solo of the 2nd and 3rd movements of the String Quartet in F major, Op. 135, by Ludwig van Beethoven |
The Seamstress (Scherzino) | 1871 | 1871 | |
Pictures from an Exhibition | 1874 | 1874 | Edition by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1886) |
Storm on the Black Sea | 1879 | 1879 | Lost |
On the Southern Shore of the Crimea (Gurzuf at Ayu-Dag) | 1880 | 1880 | Inspired by a visit to Gurzuf at Ayu-Dag in the Crimea |
Near the Southern Shore of the Crimea (Capriccio) | 1880 | 1880 | Also known as the Baydarki Capriccio |
Meditation (album leaf) | 1880 | 1880 | |
A Tear | 1880 | 1880 | |
In the Village (Quasi Fantasia) | 1880 | 1880 | |
Fair Scene from the opera Sorochyntsi Fair | 1880 | 1880 | Arrangement of the Fair Scene from Sorochyntsi Fair (1880) |
Gopak of the Merry Lads from the opera Sorochyntsi Fair | 1880 | 1880 | Arrangement of the Gopak from Sorochyntsi Fair (1880) |
Choral works
Title | Start | End | Notes |
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Shamil's March | 1859 | 1859 | Projected; for tenor, baritone, chorus, and orchestra |
The Destruction of Sennacherib | 1866 | 1867 | Original version; for chorus and orchestra; based on The Destruction of Sennacherib from Hebrew Melodies (1815) |
The Destruction of Sennacherib | 1874 | 1874 | Revised version; for chorus and orchestra; based on The Destruction of Sennacherib from Hebrew Melodies (1815) |
Iisus Navin | 1874 | 1877-07-02 | Also known as Joshua; for alto, baritone, chorus, and piano |
Three Vocalises | 1880 | 1880 | For three-part female voices |
Five Russian Folksongs | 1880 | 1880 | For four-part male voices; No.4 with 2 solo tenors; No.5 incomplete |
Songs
Title | Start | End | Notes |
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Rustic Song | 1857 | 1857-04-18 | Original version of the song Where Art Thou, Little Star? (1863–1866); based on a text by Nikolay Grekov; orchestrated on 1858-06-03 |
Where Art Thou, Little Star? | 1858-06-03 | 1858-06-04 | Orchestrated version of the song Rustic Song (1857); based on a text by Nikolay Grekov |
Thou Longing of My Heart | 1858 | 1858 | Based on a text by an anonymous author; German text; a wedding present for Malvina Bamberg, César Cui's bride; manuscript lost; published in 1907 |
Tell Me, Gentle Maiden | 1858 | 1858 | Based on a text by an anonymous author |
The Joyous Hour | 1858 | 1859 | Original version, revised in 1859; based on a text by Aleksey Koltsov |
Leaves Rustled Sadly | 1859 | 1859 | Original version, revised in 1863-1866; based on a text by Aleksey Pleshcheyev |
What Are Words of Love to You? | 1860 | 1860 | Original version, revised in 1863-1866; based on a text by A. Ammosov |
The Joyous Hour | 1863 | 1866 | Revised version, originally composed in 1858-1859; based on a text by Koltsov; published in Paris (1923) |
Leaves Rustled Sadly | 1863 | 1866 | Revised version, original composed in 1859; based on a text by Aleksey Pleshcheyev |
What Are Words of Love to You? | 1863 | 1866 | Revised version, original version composed in 1860; based on a text by A. Ammosov; published in Paris (1923) |
Many Are My Palaces and Gardens | 1863 | 1863 | Based on a text by Koltsov |
Old Man's Song | 1863 | 1863 | Also known as The Harper's Song; based on An die Türen will ich schleichen from Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (Bk.5, Ch.14) by Goethe |
Tsar Saul | 1863 | 1863 | Based on Warriors and Chiefs (Song of Saul before His Last Battle) from Hebrew Melodies (1815) by Byron, translated by Kozlov |
But If I Could Meet Thee Again | 1863 | 1863 | Based on a text by Kurochkin |
Where Art Thou, Little Star? | 1863-66 | 1863-66 | Revised version of the song Rustic Song (1858); based on a text by Nikolay Grekov |
The Winds Blow, the Wild Winds | 1864 | 1864 | Based on a text by Koltsov; published in Paris (1909) |
Night | 1864 | 1864 | Original version, revised in 1868; based on a text by Pushkin; |
Kalistratushka | 1864 | 1864 | Original version of the song Kalistrat; based on a text by Nikolay Nekrasov |
Kalistrat | 1864 | 1864 | Revised version of the song Kalistratushka; based on a text by Nikolay Nekrasov; |
Every Saturday (Tuscan Popular Song) | 1864 | 1864 | Arrangement of the song Ogni sabato avreti il lume acceso (1853) by Gordigiani; for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and piano |
A Prayer | 1865 | 1865 | Based on a text by Lermontov |
The Outcast [Woman] (An essay in recitative) | 1865 | 1865 | Based on a text by Holz-Miller |
Cradle Song | 1865 | 1865 | Original version of Sleep, Go to Sleep, Peasant Son; based on a text by Ostrovsky |
Sleep, Go to Sleep, Peasant Son | 1865 | 1865 | Revised version of Cradle Song; based on a text by Ostrovsky |
Little One | 1866 | 1866-01-07 | Based on a text by Pleshcheyev |
Desire | 1866-04-15 | 1866-04-16 | Based on a text by Heine, Ich wollt' meine Schmerzen ergössen |
From My Tears | 1866 | 1866 | Based on a text by Heine, Aus meinen Tränen |
Darling Savishna | 1866 | 1866 | Text by Mussorgsky |
Ah, You Drunken Sot | 1866 | 1866 | Text by Mussorgsky |
The Seminarist | 1866 | 1866 | Text by Mussorgsky |
Hopak | 1866 | 1866 | Original version, revised in 1868; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Shevchenko, translated by Mey |
Yaryoma's Song | 1866 | 1866 | Lost; original version of On the Dnieper; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Shevchenko, translated by Mey |
Hebrew Song | 1867 | 1867 | Based on a text by Mey |
Magpie Whitesides | 1867 | 1867 | Based on a text by Pushkin |
Gathering Mushrooms | 1867 | 1867 | Based on a text by Mey |
The Banquet (or The Feast) | 1867 | 1867 | Based on a text by Koltsov |
The Urchin (or The Ragamuffin) | 1867 | 1867 | Text by Mussorgsky |
A Society Tale (The Goat) | 1867 | 1867 | Text by Mussorgsky |
A Garden by the Don Blooms | 1867 | 1867-12-23 | Ballad; composed 23 December 1867 in Saint Petersburg; based on a text by Koltsov; published in 1883 by Bessel |
The Classicist | 1867 | 1867-12-30 | Musical pamphlet ("In response to a remark by [Aleksandr] Famintsïn regarding the heresy of the Russian school"); composed 30 December 1867 in Saint Petersburg; text by Mussorgsky; published in 1870 by Arngold; dedicated to Nadezhda Opochinin |
Night | 1868 | 1868 | Revised version, original composed in 1864; based on a text by Pushkin; |
Hopak | 1868 | 1868 | Revised version, original composed in 1866; orchestrated; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Shevchenko, translated by Mey |
The Orphan | 1868 | 1868 | Text by Mussorgsky |
Yeryomushka's Lullaby | 1868 | 1868 | Based on a text by Nekrasov |
A Child's Song | 1868 | 1868 | Based on a text by Mey |
The Nursery | 1868 | 1872 | Text by Mussorgsky; cycle of 7 songs |
With Nanny | 1868 | 1868-04-26 | Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery |
In the Corner | 1870 | 1870-09-30 | Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery |
The Beetle | 1870 | 1870-10-18 | Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery |
With the Doll | 1870 | 1870-12-18 | Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery |
Going to Sleep | 1870 | 1870 | Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery |
The Peep-Show | 1870 | 1870 | Text by Mussorgsky; satire |
Evening Song | 1871 | 1871 | Based on a text by Pleshcheyev |
At the Dacha | 1872 | 1881 | Text by Mussorgsky; unfinished cycle of songs; the two songs completed were later included in The Nursery |
Ride on a Stick-Horse | 1872 | 1872-09-15 | Text by Mussorgsky; part of At the Dacha |
The Cat 'Sailor' | 1872 | 1872-08-15 | Text by Mussorgsky; part of At the Dacha |
Without Sun (or Sunless) | 1874 | 1874 | Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov; cycle of 6 songs |
Within Four Walls | 1874 | 1874 | Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Without Sun |
Thou Didst Not Know Me in the Crowd | 1874 | 1874 | Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Without Sun |
The Idle Noisy Day is Ended | 1874 | 1874 | Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Without Sun |
Boredom (or Ennui) | 1874 | 1874 | Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Without Sun |
Elegy | 1874 | 1874 | Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Without Sun |
Over the River | 1874 | 1874 | Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Without Sun |
Forgotten | 1874 | 1874 | Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov; inspired by the painting Forgotten (1872) by Vasiliy Vereshchagin |
Evil Death (The Epitaph) | 1874 | 1874 | Text by Mussorgsky; unfinished |
Nettle Mountain | 1874-08-10 | 1874 | Text by Mussorgsky; unfinished; satire |
Songs and Dances of Death | 1875 | 1877 | Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; cycle of 4 songs |
Lullaby | 1875 | 1875 | Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Songs and Dances of Death |
Serenade | 1875 | 1875 | Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Songs and Dances of Death |
Trepak | 1875 | 1875 | Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Songs and Dances of Death |
The Misunderstood One | 1875 | 1875-12-21 | Text by Mussorgsky |
The Field-Marshal | 1877 | 1877 | Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Songs and Dances of Death |
Not Like Thunder From Heaven | 1877 | 1877 | Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy |
Softly the Spirit Flew up to Heaven | 1877 | 1877 | Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy |
Pride | 1877 | 1877 | Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy |
Is It an Honor for a Young Man to Weave Flax? | 1877 | 1877 | Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy |
It Scatters and Breaks | 1877 | 1877 | Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy |
The Vision | 1877 | 1877 | Based on a text by Golenishchev-Kutuzov |
The Wanderer | 1878 | 1878 | Based on Abendlied des Wanderers by Rückert, translated by Pleshcheyev |
On the Dnieper | 1879 | 1879 | Revised version of Yaryoma's Song; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Shevchenko, translated by Mey |
Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Cellar (Song of the Flea) | 1879 | 1879 | Based on Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy (1808) by Goethe, translated by Strugovshchikov |
Opus numbers
The columns 'category' and 'notes' are added for the convenience of the reader.
Opus | Category | Works | Composer's remarks | Notes |
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Various | •Kinderscherz (1859) •Scherzo in B flat major (1859) •Intermezzo (1861) •Scherzino (1872) | |||
Choral | •The Destruction of Sennacherib (1867) •Iisus Navin (1866) | |||
Songs | •Hopak (1866) •Gathering Mushrooms (1867) •Yeryomushka's Lullaby (1868) •The Peasant's Lullaby (1865) •The Orphan(1868) •The Goat(1867) | |||
Songs | •The Ragamuffin (1868) •The Seminarist (1866) •Darling Savishna (1866) | |||
Songs | •Night (1864) •King Saul (1863) •The Feast (1867) •Jewish Song (1867) •The Magpie (1867) •A Child's Song (1868) | |||
Song Album | The Nursery (1868-1869): •With Nanny •In the Corner •The Beetle •At Bedtime •With the Doll | |||
Opera | Marriage (1868) | "An act of Gogol's Marriage" | ||
Songs | •The Classicist (1867) •The Gallery (1869) | |||
Opera | Boris Godunov (1868-1872) | |||
Opera | Mlada (1873): •Market Scene •March of the Princes and Priests •Glorification of Chornobog | "Scenes from the opera Mlada (not an opera of mine)" | ||
Piano | Pictures from an Exhibition (1874) | "In memory of Hartmann" | ||
Song Album | Without Sun (1874) | "Album of six poems by Count Golenishchev-Kutuzov" | ||
Opera | Salammbô (1864-1865) | "Studies for the opera Salammbô after Flaubert" | ||
Song Album | Songs and Dances of Death (1875-1877) | |||
Song | Ride on a Hobby-horse (1873) | |||
Song | The Old Believer's Song (1874) | |||
Song | Forgotten (1874) | "After Vereshchagin" | ||
Song | The Nettle Mountain | |||
Opera | Khovanshchina (1874) | "Materials for the opera Khovanshchina (a national music drama)" | ||
References
- Abraham, G., "Modest Musorgsky" in The New Grove: Russian Masters 1, New York: W. W. Norton & Co. (1986)
- Calvocoressi, M.D., Abraham, G., Mussorgsky, 'Master Musicians' Series, London: J.M.Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1946
- Calvocoressi, M. D., Modest Mussorgsky: His Life and Works, London: Rockliff, 1956
- Gordeyeva, Ye. (editor), Kazakova, N. (works list) M. P. Musorgskiy: Letters, 2nd edition, Moscow: Music (publisher), 1984 [Гордеева, Е., М. П. Мусоргский: Письма, Москва: Музыка, 1984]
- Taruskin, R., Musorgsky: Eight Essays and an Epilogue, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1993
- Unknown compiler, notes to Moussorgsky: Integrale des Melodies CD recording by Boris Christoff, EMI Records Ltd, 1989
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