Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestration by Maurice Ravel)

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Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestration by Maurice Ravel) is a celebrated orchestral suite that transforms Modest Mussorgsky’s original piano cycle into a brilliantly colored, symphonically rich showpiece frequently performed in concert halls worldwide.

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instanceOf orchestral suite
alsoKnownAs Tableaux d’une exposition (orchestration de Maurice Ravel) NERFINISHED
approximateDuration 30 minutes
basedOn Pictures at an Exhibition (piano cycle) NERFINISHED
catalogCode M. 43 NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Serge Koussevitzky NERFINISHED
Serge Koussevitzky Foundation NERFINISHED
composer Maurice Ravel NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
dateOfOrchestration 1922
dedicatedTo Serge Koussevitzky NERFINISHED
firstConductor Serge Koussevitzky NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceDate 1922-10-19
firstPerformancePlace Paris NERFINISHED
genre classical music
program music
language instrumental
movement Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks NERFINISHED
Bydło NERFINISHED
Catacombs NERFINISHED
Cum mortuis in lingua mortua NERFINISHED
Gnomus NERFINISHED
Promenade NERFINISHED
Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle NERFINISHED
The Great Gate of Kiev NERFINISHED
The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yaga) NERFINISHED
The Market at Limoges NERFINISHED
The Old Castle NERFINISHED
Tuileries NERFINISHED
notableFor brilliant orchestration
colorful instrumentation
originalComposer Modest Mussorgsky NERFINISHED
originalWorkCountryOfOrigin Russia NERFINISHED
performancePractice frequently performed in concert halls worldwide
publisher Éditions Durand NERFINISHED
scoredFor symphony orchestra
usesInstrument English horn NERFINISHED
French horn NERFINISHED
bassoon
celesta
clarinet
flute
harp
oboe
percussion
piccolo
saxophone
strings
trombone
trumpet
tuba

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Modest Mussorgsky workAdapted Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestration by Maurice Ravel)