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The Old Castle from Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky. Sheet music for Violin, page 1.

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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.
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
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