Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
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Orchestral performance of piece number 10 from Pictures at an Exhibition.
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Unit 13 Painting With Sound , Programme Music, Curriculum support, Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Also known as Two Polish Jews, One Rich, One Poor.
See following link for use in KS2 (Unit 8 Ongoing Skills) www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes2/music/mus08/08q7?view=get
See following link for use in years 5,6 and 7 www.philharmonia.co.uk/_downloads/0-91C86B.pdf
Official classification: Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, To sing in unison, Unit 8 Ongoing Skills, Programme Music, Curriculum support, Naxos , Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
The Catacombs, number 8 from Pictures at an Exhibition, also known as Cum mortuis in lingua mortua or With the Dead in a Dead Language. The form of this movement is binary. Its two sections consist of a nearly static Largo with a sequence of block chords, elegiac lines adding a touch of melancholy, and a more flowing, gloomy "Andante" that introduces the "Promenade" theme into the scene.
Official classification: Binary(AB), The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Unit 13 Painting With Sound , Programme Music, Curriculum support, Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
The Gnome, number 1 from Pictures at an Exhibition depicts a little gnome, clumsily running with crooked legs and features contrasting tempos with frequent stops and starts.
Official classification: Tempo, Silence, The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Unit 13 Painting With Sound , Programme Music, Curriculum support, Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Number 2 from Pictures at an Exhibition, this movement is thought to be based on a watercolor depiction of an Italian castle.
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Unit 13 Painting With Sound , Programme Music, Curriculum support, Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Piece number 9 from Pictures at an Exhibition. Motives in this movement evoke the bells of a large clock and the whirlwind sounds of a chase. It is also in Ternary form.
Official classification: Ternary(ABA), The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Unit 13 Painting With Sound , Programme Music, Curriculum support, Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Piece number 4 from Pictures at an Exhibition describes A Polish cart on enormous wheels, drawn by oxen and is in ternary form (ABA).
Official classification: Ternary(ABA), The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Unit 13 Painting With Sound , Programme Music, Curriculum support, Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Example of a tone poem (a piece of orchestral music in one movement in which some extramusical program provides a narrative or illustrative element). Inspired by Russian literary works and legend, Mussorgsky made a witches' sabbath the theme of this original tone poem.
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Audio, Curriculum support, Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Number 5 from Pictures at an Exhibition. This movement is in ternary form (ABA) with a repeat and coda.
Official classification: Ternary(ABA), The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Unit 13 Painting With Sound , Programme Music, Curriculum support, Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Dispute between Children at Play, number 3 from Pictures at an Exhibition. Piece describes a Hartman painting of a busy garden full of children playing and quarrelling. In ternary form.
Official classification: Ternary(ABA), The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Unit 13 Painting With Sound , Programme Music, Curriculum support, Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Example of modern use of a tone poem in a soundtrack, for Disney's Fantasia. Mussorgsky's piece was inspired by Russian literary works and legend and the original theme was a witches' sabbath.
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Video, Curriculum support, Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
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