The catalyst for the piano cycle ?Pictures at an Exhibition?, composed in 1874, was a memorial exhibition held that year for the artist and architect Viktor Hartmann. He was a friend of Mussorgsky who had died in 1873.

It is not only Mussorgsky?s most important contribution to the piano repertoire, but through its relationship to Hartmann?s pictures and the translation of this idea into …

Ten Pieces. Par MOUSSORGSKY MODESTE. En 1874, Moussorgski écrivit son célèbre cycle piano inspiré par une exposition de photos par son ami Viktor Hartmann. Les ressources du réalisme musical sont utilisés pour décrire les dix photos en grand détail - l'interposition 'Promenades' alors refléter l'et / Schott Piano Classics / Répertoire / Piano