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Choral work of Modest Mussorgsky

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The Destruction of Sennacherib (Russian: Поражение Сеннахериба), is a choral work composed by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881), based on text Lord Byron's poem "The Destruction of Sennacherib". It was written between 1866 and 1867, and is dedicated for Mily Balakirev.

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The Destruction of Sennacherib

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Modest Mussorgsky

List of compositions

Operas

Salammbô (1866)
Zhenitba (1868)
Boris Godunov (1872)
Mlada (1872)
Khovanshchina (1880)
The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1880)

Film adaptations

Orchestral

Night on Bald Mountain (1867, revised 1872 and 1880)

Piano

Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)
- Ravel orchestration (1922)
- Stokowski orchestration (1939)

Vocal

Songs

"Night" (1864)
"The Song of the Flea" (1879)

Namesakes

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