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Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestration by Maurice Ravel
- Orchestration: Maurice Ravel
- Composer: Modest Mussorgsky
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| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1874/04/00 | Modest Mussorgsky | Composer | In spring 1874, Vladimir Stassov organizes a show in St Petersburg highlighting the career of artist and architect, Victor Hartmann. Saddened by the unexpected death of his friend, Modest Mussorgsky sets out to create his a memorial to Victor Hartmann. | ||||
| 1874/06/00 | Modest Mussorgsky | Composer | Modest Mussorgsky composes for the piano "Pictures at an Exhibition", a suite of ten pieces with a recurring, varied Promenade. | ||||
| 1922/07/00 | Maurice Ravel | Orchestration | Ravel creates his orchestral transcription of Mussorgsky's "Pictures from an Exhibition" in the summer of 1922 for Serge Koussevitzky. | ||||
| 1922/10/22 | In Paris, Serge Koussevitzky conducts the first performance of Ravel's "Pictures at an Exhibition". |
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