Orosz ötök. Bartók Rádió - Modeszt Muszorgszkij. Muszorgszkij: Egy kiállítás képei, Viktor Hartmann. Images for Pictures at an Exhibition. In 1874 Modest Mussorgsky composed his famous Pictures at an Exhibition, based on ten drawings and watercolors produced by his recently deceased friend, the architect and artist Victor Hartmann.
Most of the works that inspired the composer are lost, either yet undiscovered or, sadly, destroyed by time and neglect. This gallery contains images of several of Hartmann's pictures, some of which inspired Mussorgsky's music, and some not. I have also included (or will include) the odd image, not drawn by Hartmann, that nevertheless seems to me to evoke a particular passage of the music.
As I have already described the music and general background of each movement in my review of Barry Douglas' performance of Pictures at an Exhibition, I will not reiterate my comments on this page, but will instead provide some of the background material that I have been able to ferret out concerning the pictures themselves. 458px-RepinMussorgsky.jpg (JPEG kép, 458 × 599 képpont) MUSSORGSKY, Modest.
Modest Mussorgsky. Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, 1870 For many years Mussorgsky's works were mainly known in versions revised or completed by other composers.
Many of his most important compositions have recently come into their own in their original forms, and some of the original scores are now also available.