Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
In memory of the deceased illustrator and architect Viktor A. Hartmann (1834–1873), an exhibition of his watercolours and drawings was organised in 1874. Modest Mussorgsky, who had been Hartmann’s friend, was inspired by his visit to this exhibition to compose the cycle “Pictures at an Exhibition” for piano solo; a milestone of piano literature. He wrote it in June 1874 in St. Petersburg and subtitled it “Memories of Viktor Hartmann”. The picturesque and evocative musical language, which lets the pictures come to life, has remained fascinating to the present day. The source of the Henle Urtext edition is the cleanly written autograph. The layout of the musical text is based on Mussorgsky’s notation.
About the Composer
Modest Mussorgski
With Boris Godunov he created the Russian historical opera, but gained fame and renown only after his death.
About the Authors
Petra Weber-Bockholdt (Editor)
After spending time as a visiting professor both at home and abroad, since 2001 she has been Professor of Musicology at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz. Weber’s main areas of research are the theory of the earliest polyphony, Beethoven, and the history of tonality and source studies as the basis for editing. Petra Weber works on the Beethoven Complete Edition, where she is in charge of Volum
Klaus Schilde (Fingering)
Schilde won numerous prizes. From 1947 onwards he gave concerts as a soloist and chamber musician on almost every single continent with renowned orchestras. He taught at the music conservatories in East Berlin Detmold, West Berlin, Munich, Tokyo (Geidai) and Weimar. From 1988–1991 he was President of the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich, where he
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