Pictures at an Exhibition
E633290
Pictures at an Exhibition is a famous 1874 piano suite by Modest Mussorgsky, inspired by an art exhibition and later widely known through orchestral arrangements, especially Maurice Ravel’s.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical composition
ⓘ
piano suite ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Kartinki s vystavki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorksBy | Viktor Hartmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | without opus number ⓘ |
| composer | Modest Mussorgsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateCompleted | 1874-06-22 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Vladimir Stasov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1886 ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | W. Bessel & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| hasOrchestralVersion |
Pictures at an Exhibition (Emerson, Lake & Palmer rock adaptation)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pictures at an Exhibition (Henry Wood orchestration) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pictures at an Exhibition (Leopold Stokowski orchestration) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel orchestration) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pictures at an Exhibition (Sergei Gorchakov orchestration) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pictures at an Exhibition (Vladimir Ashkenazy orchestration) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bydło NERFINISHED ⓘ Catacombs ⓘ Cum mortuis in lingua mortua ⓘ Gnomus NERFINISHED ⓘ Limoges, the Market NERFINISHED ⓘ Promenade NERFINISHED ⓘ Promenade (recurring theme) NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Gate of Kiev NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hut on Fowl’s Legs NERFINISHED ⓘ The Old Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuileries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecording | numerous piano and orchestral recordings ⓘ |
| influenced | orchestral repertoire through Ravel’s arrangement ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | art exhibition of Viktor Hartmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| key | various keys ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| movementOrder | Promenade – Gnomus – Promenade – The Old Castle – Promenade – Tuileries – Bydło – Promenade – Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks – Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle – Promenade – Limoges, the Market – Catacombs – Cum mortuis in lingua mortua – The Hut on Fowl’s Legs – The Great Gate of Kiev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableArrangementBy | Maurice Ravel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableArrangementType | orchestral arrangement ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
programmatic depiction of paintings and drawings
ⓘ
recurring Promenade theme linking movements ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 10 ⓘ |
| originalInstrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era ⓘ |
| placeComposed | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prominentKeyOfFinalMovement | E-flat major ⓘ |
| structure | suite of movements ⓘ |
| style | Romantic ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | imaginary tour of an art exhibition ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1874 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky