Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский, Modest Petrovič Musorgskij), also Modeste, Moussorgsky (and see also
Модест Петрович Мусоргский) (March 9/21, 1839 – March 16/28, 1881), one of five Russian composers known as
The Mighty Handful or
The Five, they were:
Mily Balakirev (the leader),
César Cui,
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky,
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and
Alexander Borodin.), was an innovator of Russian music. He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western Music. Many of his…
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