Tempo
Mussorgsky - The Old Castle from Pictures at an Exhibition
Sheet music for violin
| Info: | Pictures at an Exhibition is a suite in ten movements (plus a recurring, varied Promenade) composed for the piano. The suite is Mussorgsky's most famous piano composition and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists. It has become further known through various orchestrations and arrangements produced by other musicians and composers, with Maurice Ravel's arrangement being the most recorded and performed. |
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| Date: | 1874 |
| Artist: | Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky |
| Born: | 21 March 1839, Toropets |
| Died: | 28 March 1881, Saint Petersburg |
| The artist: | 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 nationalist themes. |
| Instrument: | Violin |
| Key: | B major |
| Range: | G#3 - A5 |
| Time signature: | 6/8 |
| Tempo: | 60 BPM |
| Duration: | 2:37 |
| Pages: | 2 |
| Difficulty: | Advanced |
| Style: | Classical |
