Modest Mussorgsky, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Modest Mussorgsky

Russian composer (1839-1881)

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1839

Date of Death: 16-Mar-1881

Profession: composer, military personnel, pianist, librettist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: ????´?? ?????´??? ??´????????, tr.
Modést Petróvich Músorgskiy, IPA: [m?'d?st p??'trov??t? 'mus?rksk??j]; 21 March [O.S.
9 March] 1839 – 28 March [O.S.
16 March] 1881) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five".
He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period.
He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music. Many of his works were inspired by Russian history, Russian folklore, and other national themes.
Such works include the opera Boris Godunov, the orchestral tone poem Night on Bald Mountain and the piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition. For many years Mussorgsky's works were mainly known in versions revised or completed by other composers.
Many of his most important compositions have posthumously come into their own in their original forms, and some of the original scores are now also available.



Alternative names	Russian: ???? ???????? ?????
Description	Russian-Ukrainian painter, sculptor and essayist
Date of birth/death	24 July 1844 (in Julian calendar)	29 September 1930
Location of birth/death	Chuhuiv	Repino
Work location	Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Chuhuiv
Authority control	: Q172911 VIAF: 30329364 ISNI: 0000 0001 2277 9324 ULAN: 500024225 LCCN: n79075231 MusicBrainz: 7ba03e68-0bbe-4227-830b-388c36c5653a WorldCat