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Revision as of 21:09, 3 November 2002 by Merphant (talk | contribs) (night on bald mountain, birth & death dates)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (March 21, 1839 - March 28, 1881; sometimes spelt Modeste Moussorgsky), was a Russian composer.
He was a member of The Five, the group of composers under the leadership of Mily Balakirev dedicated to producing a distinctly Russian kind of music. Mussourgsky is best remembered today for his orchestral work St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain (commonly known as Night on Bald Mountain), and his cycle of piano pieces, Pictures at an Exhibition, which he wrote in commemoration of his friend, the architect Viktor Hartmann. His opera, Boris Godunov is also well known.