Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich)
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Orchestral Score
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Georgy Vasilyevich Kirkor (1910-1980)
Moscow: Muzyka, 1967, plate missing
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Revision by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1886)
Orchestral Score
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), arranger
Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.(ca.1925), plate M. 8125 Г.
Rimsky arranged this version in 1886 from fragments of the opera "Soroshchinsky Fair"
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Revision by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1886)
Flute 1, 2, Piccolo
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Timpani, Bass Drum/Cymbals/Tam-Tam, Bell
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Harp
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Violins I
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Violins II
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), arranger
St. Peterburg: W. Bessel & Co., n.d.(1888), plate 1539
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
Revision by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1886)
For Piano solo (Chernov)
Complete score
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), arranger
Konstantin Nikolaievich Chernov (1865-1937), transcriber
Paris: J. Hamelle, n.d.[ca.1902], plate J. 6051 H.
Reprint - Melville, NY: Belwin Mills, n.d.[after 1972], Kalmus Piano Series 9232
The Hamelle was probably reprinted from the Bessel plates. Original publisher, plate no., transcriber credit omitted from reprint.
Complete score
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), arranger
Konstantin Nikolaievich Chernov (1865-1937), transcriber
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1920). Edition No.8561
Reissue - Wiesbaden (1989)
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General Information
| Work Title | Ivanova Noch' na Lïsoy Gore |
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| Alternative Title | St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain |
| Composer | Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich |
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| Number of Movements/Sections | 1 |
| Year/Date of Composition | 1867 |
| Year of First Publication | 1888 |
| Genre | Symphonic Poem |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets in B♭ and A, 2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in B♭, 3 Trombones, Tuba Timpani, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Tam-tam, Bell in D Harp and Strings |
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