Pictures at an Exhibition (Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich)
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Music Files
Original version (piano)
Complete score
IMSLP #01571 - 2588KB - 41 (#124-164) pages - Scan Quality: 8.33/10 (3 ratings) - V/V*/V*
Pavel Alexandrovich Lamm (1882-1951)
Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.(1934), plate M. 16612 G. (Vol. M. 12024 G.)
From collected edition of Mussorgsky's works. Notes in Russian and French.
Complete score
IMSLP #10719 - 2411KB - 47 pages - Scan Quality: No ratings yet - V/V/C
Harold Bauer (1873-1951)
New York: G. Schirmer, 1922. Plate 30738
Bauer's edition is based upon the Bessel (1st ed.) score of 1886
Orchestrations, Transcriptions, Excerpts
Orchestral transcription
IMSLP #01260 - 8972KB - 146 (plus instr. page) pages - Scan Quality: 4.00/10 (1 rating) - V/25/V
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), orchestrator
Moscow: Muzika, n.d.(ca.1965), plate 1626
Public Domain - Non-PD US
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General Information
[[Category:Category:Piano piece[[Category:{{{int:Meta Genre}}}]]| Work Title | Pictures at an Exhibition | ||
| Alternative Title | Tableaux d'Une Exposition - Bilder einer Austellung | ||
| Composer | Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich | Genre | [[:Category:Piano piece |
| Opus/Catalogue Number | Librettist | ||
| Number of Movements/Sections | 16 (incl. Promenades) | Language | |
| Dedication | Vladimir Stassov | Piece Style | Romantic |
| Year/Date of Composition | June 2-22, 1874 | Instrumentation | Piano |
| Year of First Publication | Discuss this piece | ||
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Misc. Comments
Pictures at an Exhibition was composed originally for piano. The only orchestration that is public domain in the US is the partial one prepared in 1891 by Rimsky-Korsakov's conducting and composition student Mikhail Tushmalov (1861-1896). This was published by Bessel that year and issued in a corrected version sometime after Tushmalov's death. Tushmalov's orchestration has been reprinted by Kalmus and is currently (August 2006) available for sale by them.
Ravel's orchestration includes: 3 Flutes (2 doubling Piccolo), 3 Oboes (3rd doubling English Horn), 2 Clarinets (in Bb and A), Bass Clarinet (in Bb and A), 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon, Alto Saxophone in Eb, 4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in C, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Triangle, Snare Drum, Whip, Ratchet, Cymbal, Bass Drum, Gong, Glockenspiel, (Tubular) Bells (Eb), Xylophone, Celeste, 2 Harps, Strings


