The Nursery (song cycle)
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The Nursery is a song cycle by Modest Mussorgsky that vividly portrays scenes from a child’s world through a series of characterful, psychologically nuanced miniatures.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song cycle
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vocal composition ⓘ |
| accompaniment | piano ⓘ |
| characteristic |
miniature character pieces
ⓘ
psychological realism ⓘ |
| composer | Modest Mussorgsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russia ⓘ |
| creator | Modest Mussorgsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
childhood
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children’s everyday life ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | art song ⓘ |
| hasCatalogueNumber | without opus number ⓘ |
| hasPart |
At Bedtime (song)
NERFINISHED
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In the Corner (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beetle (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cat Sailor (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hobby-Horse (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ With Nurse (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ With the Doll (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
domestic life in 19th-century Russia
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humor and irony ⓘ naive perspective of a child ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Russian folk speech patterns ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| movementStyle | through-composed songs ⓘ |
| notableArrangementBy |
Dmitri Shostakovich
NERFINISHED
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Edison Denisov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
each song presents a different scene from a child’s life
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music closely follows the inflections of Russian language ⓘ |
| numberOfSongs | 7 ⓘ |
| originalInstrumentation | voice and piano ⓘ |
| partOf | Mussorgsky’s vocal works ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
speech-like vocal declamation
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vivid characterization ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
a child’s world
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imaginative play ⓘ interactions between child and adults ⓘ |
| textAuthor | Modest Mussorgsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tonalLanguage | tonal with modal inflections ⓘ |
| uses | piano to illustrate actions and characters ⓘ |
| vocalType | mezzo-soprano or soprano ⓘ |
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