List of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky

The following is a list of compositions by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky.

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, 1870

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Category Title Translation Start End Text Basis Status Pub. Publisher
OperaHan d'IslandHan of Iceland18561856HugoProjected
OperaЭдип в АфинахOedipus in Athens18581861OzerovUnfinished1883
OperaСаламбо (or Ливиец)Salammbô
(or The Libyan)
18631866-04-10FlaubertUnfinished1939Muzgiz
OperaЖенитьбаMarriage1868-06-111868-07-08GogolUnfinished1908Bessel
OperaБорис ГодуновBoris Godunov1868-101869-12-15PushkinInitial Version1928Muzsektor
OperaБобыльThe Landless Peasant18701870SpielhagenProjected
OperaБорис ГодуновBoris Godunov18711872-06-23PushkinRevision1874Bessel
Opera-BalletМладаMlada18721872KrïlovUnfinished1931Muzgiz
OperaХованщинаKhovanshchina1872-061880MussorgskyUnfinished1883Bessel
OperaСорочинская ярмаркаThe Fair at Sorochyntsi18741880GogolUnfinished1916Bessel
OperaПугачёвщинаPugachovshchina18771877PushkinProjected
OrchestraСкерцо B-durScherzo in B major18581858Orchestration1883Bessel
OrchestraAlla marcia notturnaAlla marcia notturna (like a nocturnal march)18611861
OrchestraСимфония D-durSymphony in D major18611862Lost
OrchestraИванова ночь на лысой гореNight on Bald Mountain186618671968
OrchestraIntermezzo symphonique in modo classicoSymphonic Intermezzo in the Classic Style18671867Revision1883Bessel
OrchestraПодибрад чешскийPodebrad of Bohemia18671867Projected
OrchestraВзятие КарсаThe Capture of Kars188018801883Bessel
OrchestraБольшая сюита на среднеазиатские темыGrand Suite on Central Asian Themes (Transcaucasian Suite)18801880Projected
PianoПолька "Подпрапорщик"Porte-enseigne (Polka)185218521852Bernard
PianoSouvenir d'EnfanceSouvenir of Childhood185718571911Bessel
PianoСоната Es-durSonata in E major18581858Lost
PianoСоната fis-mollSonata in F minor18581858Lost
PianoСкерцо cis-mollScherzo in C minor18581858Initial Version1911Bessel
PianoСкерцо cis-mollScherzo in C minor18581858Revision1939Muzgiz
PianoСкерцо B-durScherzo in B major18581858
Piano DuetПерсидский хор из оперы "Руслан и Людмила"Persian Chorus from the Opera Ruslan and Lyudmila18581858Arrangement (Glinka)
Piano DuetSouvenir d'une nuit d'été à MadridSouvenir of a Summer Night in Madrid18581858Arrangement (Glinka)
PianoИмпровизацияImpromptu18591859Initial Version1939Muzgiz
PianoИмпровизация апассионато (Воспоминание о Бельтове и Любе)Passionate Impromptu (Recollection of Beltov and Lyuba)18591859Revision1911Bessel
PianoEin KinderscherzChildren's Games186018601873Bitner
PianoEin Kinderscherz (Детские игры-уголки)Children's Games185918591934Muzgiz
Piano DuetУвертюра на темы трех русских песенOverture on the Themes of Three Russian Songs18601860Arrangement (Balakirev)
Piano DuetКороль Лир, музыка к трагедии ШекспираKing Lear, music to Shakespeare's Tragedy18601860Arrangement (Balakirev)
PianoКвартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 59, No. 3Andante, from String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 318591859Arrangement (Beethoven)
Piano DuetСоната C-durSonata in C major18601860Unfinished
PianoPreludium in modo classicoPrelude in the Classic Style18601860Lost
PianoIntermezzo in modo classicoIntermezzo in the Classic Style18601861Initial Version1873Bitner
PianoIntermezzo in modo classicoIntermezzo in the Classic Style18671867Revision1939Muzgiz
PianoMenuet monstreMenuet monstre18611861Lost
Piano DuetКвартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 130String Quartet in B major, Op. 13018621862Arrangement (Beethoven)
PianoГрузинская песняGeorgian Song18621862Arrangement (Balakirev)1862Stellovsky
Piano DuetРомео и ДжульеттаRomeo and Juliet18621862Arrangement (Berlioz)
PianoИз воспоминаний детстваFrom Memories of Childhood186518651934Muzgiz
PianoДумаRêverie186518651911Bessel
PianoLa CapricieuseLa Capricieuse186518651939Muzgiz
PianoКвартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 59, No. 2Allegretto, from String Quartet in e minor, Op. 59, No. 218671867Arrangement (Beethoven)
PianoКвартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 131Presto, from String Quartet in C minor, Op. 13118671867Arrangement (Beethoven)
PianoКвартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 135Lento and Vivace, from String Quartet in F major, Op. 13518671867Arrangement (Beethoven)
PianoШвея (скерцино)The Seamstress (Scherzino)187118711872Bernard
PianoКартинки с выставкиPictures at an Exhibition1874-06-021874-06-221886Bessel
PianoБуря на черном мореStorm on the Black Sea18791879Lost
PianoБлиз южного берега Крыма (Байдарки)Near the Southern Shore of the Crimea (Baydarki)188018801880Bernard
PianoНа южном берегу Крыма (Гурзуф у Аю-Дага)On the Southern Shore of the Crimea (Gurzuf at Ayu-Dag)188018801880Bernard
PianoMéditation (feuillet d'album)Meditation (Album Leaf)188018801880Bernard
PianoUne LarmeA Tear188018801880Bernard
PianoAu Village (Quasi Fantasia)In the Village (Quasi Fantasia)188018801882
PianoЯрмарочная сцена из оперы "Сорочинская ярмарка"Fair Scene from the opera Sorochyntsi Fair18801880Arrangement (Mussorgsky)1939Muzgiz
PianoГопак веселых паробков из оперы "Сорочинская ярмарка"Gopak of the Merry Lads from the opera Sorochyntsi Fair18801880Arrangement (Mussorgsky)1939Muzgiz
ChorusМарш ШамиляShamil's March18591859-10-11Projected
ChorusПоражение СеннахерибаThe Destruction of Sennacherib18661867ByronInitial Version1871Bitner
ChorusПоражение СеннахерибаThe Destruction of Sennacherib18741874ByronRevision1939Muzgiz
ChorusИисус НавинIisus Navin (Joshua)18741877-07-02The Bible1883Bessel
ChorusВокализы для трех женских голосовVocalises for three women's voices18801880
ChorusПять Русских народных песенFive Russian Folksongs18801880AnonymousUnfinished
SongСельская песня"Rustic Song"18571857-04-18GrekovInitial Version1911Bessel
SongГде ты, звёздочка?"Where Art Thou, Little Star?"1858-06-031858-06-04GrekovOrchestration
SongГде ты, звёздочка?"Where Art Thou, Little Star?"1863-661863-66GrekovRevision
SongMeines Herzens Sehnsucht"Thou Longing of My Heart"18581858-09-06Anonymous1907
SongОтчего, скажи, душа-девица"Tell Me Why, Fair Maiden"18581858-07-31Anonymous1867Iogansen
SongВесёлый час"The Joyous Hour"1858-591858-59KoltsovInitial Version
SongВесёлый час"The Joyous Hour"1863-661863-66KoltsovRevision1923Bessel
SongЛистья шумели уныло"Leaves Rustled Sadly"18591859Pleshcheyev1911Bessel
SongЧто вам слова любви?"What are Words of Love to You?"18601860Ammosov1923Bessel
SongМного есть у меня теремов и садов"Many Are My Palaces and Gardens"18631863Koltsov1923Bessel
SongПеснь старца"Old Man's Song"18631863-08-13Goethe1911Bessel
SongЦарь Саул"Tsar Saul"18631863ByronInitial Version
SongЦарь Саул"Tsar Saul"18631863ByronRevision1871Bessel
SongНо если-бы с тобою я встретиться могла"But If I Could Meet Thee"18631863-08-15Kurochkin1923Bessel
SongДуют ветры, ветры буйные"The Winds Blow, the Wild Winds"18641864-03-28Koltsov1911Bessel
SongКалистратушка"Kalistratushka"18641864-05-22NekrasovInitial Version
SongКалистрат"Kalistrat"18641864NekrasovRevision
SongНочь"Night"18641864-04-10PushkinInitial Version
SongНочь"Night"18681868PushkinRevision1871Bessel
Song DuetOgni sabato (Canto Popolare Toscano)"Every Saturday" (Tuscan Popular Song)18641864Arrangement (Gordigiani)1931
SongМолитва"A Prayer"18651865-02-02Lermontov1923Bessel
SongОтверженная (Опыт речитатива)"The Outcast [Woman]" (An essay in recitative)18651865-06-05Holz-Miller1923Bessel
SongКолыбельная песня"Cradle Song"18651865-09-05OstrovskyInitial version
SongСпи, усни, крестьянский сын"Sleep, Go to Sleep, Peasant Son"18651865OstrovskyRevision1871Bessel
SongМалютка"Little One"18661866-01-07Pleshcheyev1923Bessel
SongЖелание"Desire"1866-04-151866-04-16Heine1911
SongИз слёз моих"From My Tears"18661866Heine
SongСветик Савишна"Darling Savishna"18661866-09-02Mussorgsky1867Iogansen
SongАх, ты, пьяная тетеря"Ah, You Drunken Sot"18661866Mussorgsky1926
SongСеминарист"The Seminarist"18661866Mussorgsky1870Benicke
SongГопак"Gopak"18661866-08-31ShevchenkoInitial Version
SongГопак"Gopak"18681868ShevchenkoRevision1868Iogansen
SongПеснь Ярёмы"Yaryoma's Song"18661866ShevchenkoLost
SongНа Днепре"On the Dnieper"18791879-12-23ShevchenkoRevision1888
SongЕврейская песня"Hebrew Song"18671867-06-12Mey1868Iogansen
SongСтрекотунья-белобока"Magpie Whitesides"18671867-08-26Pushkin1871Bessel
SongПо грибы"Gathering Mushrooms"18671867-08Mey1868Iogansen
SongПирушка"The Banquet" (or The Feast)18671867-09Koltsov1868Iogansen
SongОзорник"The Urchin" (or The Ragamuffin)18671867-12-19Mussorgsky1871Bessel
SongСветская сказочка (Козёл)"A Society Tale (The Goat)"18671867-12-23Mussorgsky1868Iogansen
SongПо над Доном сад цветёт"A Garden by the Don Blooms"18671867-12-23Koltsov1883Bessel
SongКлассик"The Classicist"18671867-12-30Mussorgsky1870Arngold
SongСиротка"The Orphan"18681868-04-06Mussorgsky1871Bessel
SongКолыбельная Ерёмушки"Yeryomushka's Lullaby"18681868-03-16Nekrasov1871Bessel
SongДетская песенка"A Child's Song"18681868Mey1871Bessel
Song CycleДетскаяThe Nursery18681870Mussorgsky1872Bessel
SongС няней"With Nanny"18681868-04-26MussorgskyPart of a cycle1872Bessel
SongВ углу"In the Corner"18701870-09-30MussorgskyPart of a cycle1871Bessel
SongЖук"The Beetle"18701870-10-18MussorgskyPart of a cycle1871Bessel
SongС куклой"With the Doll"18701870-12-18MussorgskyPart of a cycle1871Bessel
SongНа сон грядущий"At Bedtime"18701870-12-18MussorgskyPart of a cycle1872Bessel
Song CycleНа дачеAt the Dacha18721872MussorgskyUnfinished1882Bessel
SongПоехал на палочке"Ride on a Stick-Horse"18721872-09-15MussorgskyPart of a cycle1882Bessel
SongКот Матрос"The Cat 'Sailor'"18721872-08-15MussorgskyPart of a cycle1882Bessel
SongРаёк"The Gallery
(The Peep-Show)"
18701870-06-15Mussorgsky1871Bessel
SongВечерняя песенка"Evening Song"18711871-03-15Pleshcheyev1912Bessel
Song CycleБез солнцаSunless18741874-08-25Golenishchev-Kutuzov1874Bessel
SongВ четырёх стенах"Within Four Walls"18741874-05-07Golenishchev-KutuzovPart of a cycle1874Bessel
SongМеня в толпе ты не узнала"Thou Didst Not Know Me in the Crowd"18741874-05-19Golenishchev-KutuzovPart of a cycle1874Bessel
SongОкончен праздный шумный день"The Idle Noisy Day is Ended"18741874-05-20Golenishchev-KutuzovPart of a cycle1874Bessel
SongСкучай"Be Bored"18741874-06-02Golenishchev-KutuzovPart of a cycle1874Bessel
SongЭлегия"Elegy"18741874-08-19Golenishchev-KutuzovPart of a cycle1874Bessel
SongНад рекой"On the River"18741874-08-25Golenishchev-KutuzovPart of a cycle1874Bessel
SongЗабытый"Forgotten"18741874Golenishchev-Kutuzov1874Bessel
SongНадгробное письмо"The Epitaph"18741874MussorgskyUnfinished1912Bessel
SongКрапивная Гора"Nettle Mountain"18741874MussorgskyUnfinished1939Muzgiz
Song CycleПесни и пляски смертиSongs and Dances of Death18751877Golenishchev-Kutuzov1882Bessel
SongКолыбельная"Lullaby"18751875-04-14Golenishchev-KutuzovPart of a cycle1882Bessel
SongСеренада"Serenade"18751875-05-11Golenishchev-KutuzovPart of a cycle1882Bessel
SongТрепак"Trepak"18751875-02-17Golenishchev-KutuzovPart of a cycle1882Bessel
SongПолководец"The Field-Marshal"18771877-06-05Golenishchev-KutuzovPart of a cycle1882Bessel
SongНепонятная"The Misunderstood One"18751875-12-21Mussorgsky1911Bessel
SongНе божиим громом горе ударило"Not Like Thunder from Heaven"18771877-03-05Tolstoy1882Bessel
SongГорними тихо летела душа небесами"Softly the Spirit Flew up to Heaven"18771877-03-09Tolstoy1882Bessel
SongОй, честь ли то молодцу лён прясти"Is It an Honor for a Young Man to Weave Flax?"18771877-03-20Tolstoy1882Bessel
SongРассевается, расступается"It Scatters and Breaks"18771877-03-21Tolstoy1882Bessel
SongВидение"The Vision"18771877-04-07Golenishchev-Kutuzov1882Bessel
SongСпесь"Pride"1877-05-151877-05-16Tolstoy1882Bessel
SongСтранник"The Wanderer"18781878Rückert1883Bessel
SongПесня Мефистофеля в погребке Ауэрбаха (Песня о блохе)"Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Cellar (Song of the Flea)"18791879Goethe1883

Detailed list by category

Operas

Title Start End Notes
Han of Iceland18561856Projected; to be based on the novel Han d'Islande (1823) by Victor Hugo
Oedipus in Athens18581860Unfinished; based on the tragedy Oedipus in Athens (1804) by Vladislav Ozerov; only one number survives'Scene in the Temple: Chorus of the People'
Salammbô18631866Unfinished; based on the novel Salammbô (1862) by Gustave Flaubert
Marriage18681868Unfinished; Act I only (4 scenes); piano-vocal score; based on the comedy Marriage (1842) by Nikolai Gogol; Rimsky-Korsakov edition published in 1908; composer's version published in 1933
Boris Godunov1868-101869-12-15Original version; based on the drama Boris Godunov (1825) by Alexander Pushkin
Bobïl18701870Projected; to be based on the drama Hans und Grete (1868) by Friedrich Spielhagen; Marfa's Divination from Khovanshchina derives from sketches for this work
Boris Godunov18711872Revised version; based on the drama Boris Godunov (1825) by Alexander Pushkin; minor revisions in 1873
Mlada18721872Unfinished; libretto by Viktor Krïlov; collaborative work with Cui, Minkus, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin;
Khovanshchina18721880Unfinished; libretto by Mussorgsky; based on historical accounts
The Fair at Sorochyntsi18741880Unfinished; based on the short story Sorochyntsi Fair, from Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1832) by Nikolai Gogol
Pugachovshchina18771877Projected; possibly to be based on the novel The Captain's Daughter (1836) by Alexander Pushkin

Orchestral works

Title Start End Notes
Scherzo in B major18581858Originally for piano
Alla marcia notturna18611861
Symphony in D major18611862Lost, unfinished: Andante, Scherzo, and Finale only
Night on Bald Mountain18671867Tone poem; recast for orchestra and chorus as 'Glorification of Chornobog' for inclusion in the collaborative opera Mlada (1872), and again as 'Dream Vision of the Peasant Lad' in the opera Sorochyntsi Fair (1880)
Intermezzo symphonique in modo classico18671867Originally for piano; trio added
Podebrad of Bohemia18671867Projected; based on the life of George of Poděbrady
The Capture of Kars (March)18801880Occasional piece commemorating the Siege of Kars (1855)
Transcaucasian Suite18801880Projected; for orchestra, harps, and piano

Piano works

Title Start End Notes
Polka Flag-Bearer (Подпрапорщик or Porte-enseigne)”18521852
Souvenir of Childhood18571857edition by V. Karatygin (1911)
Sonata in E major18581858lost; was unfinished: Scherzo and Finale only
Sonata in F minor18581858lost
Scherzo in C minor18581858edition by V. Karatygin (1911)
Scherzo in B major18581858orchestrated
Souvenir of a Summer Night in Madrid18581858arrangement for piano 4-hands of the Fantasia on Spanish Themes (Souvenir d'une nuit d'été à Madrid, 1848) by Mikhail Glinka
Passionate Impromptu (Recollection of Beltov and Lyuba)18591859inspired by the novel Who is to Blame? (1847) by Aleksandr Gertsen (Herzen)
King Lear, Music to Shakespeare's Tragedy18591860arrangement for piano 4-hands of the overture and entr'actes to the incidental music King Lear by Mily Balakirev
Andante, from String Quartet in C major18591859arrangement for piano solo of the 2nd movement of the String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, by Ludwig van Beethoven
Children's Game: Corners (уголки)18591859original
Children's Game: Corners (уголки)18601860revised version
Overture on the Themes of Three Russian Songs18601860arrangement for piano 4-hands of the Overture on the Themes of Three Russian Songs (1858) by Mili Balakirev
Sonata (Allegro assai in C Major — Scherzo in C Minor) for Piano 4-Hands18601860unfinished; scherzo is based on the Scherzo in C minor (1858)
Prelude in the Classic Style18601860lost
Intermezzo in the Classic Style18601861orchestrated in 1867
Menuet Monstre18611861lost
Georgian Song18621862arrangement of the orchestral accompaniment to the song by Balakirev
String Quartet in B major18621862arrangement for two pianos, eight hands, of the String Quartet in B major, Op. 130, by Ludwig van Beethoven; finale incomplete
Romeo and Juliet18621862arrangement for piano 4-hands of two numbers from Roméo et Juliette by Hector Berlioz:

Бал у Капулетти (Ball at the Capulets)
Королева Маб (Queen Mab)

From Memories of Childhood18651865two numbers:

Няня и я (Nanny and I)
Няня запирает меня в темную комнату (Первое наказание), or Nanny Shuts Me In a Dark Room (First Punishment)

Rêverie18651865on a theme by V. Loginov
La Capricieuse18651865on a theme by L. Geyden (Heyden)
Allegretto, from String Quartet in e minor18671867arrangement for piano solo of the 3rd movement of the String Quartet in e minor, Op. 59, No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven
Presto, from String Quartet in C minor18671867arrangement for piano solo of the 5th movement of the String Quartet in C minor, Op. 131, by Beethoven
Vivace and Lento, from String Quartet in F major18671867arrangement for piano solo of the 2nd and 3rd movements of the String Quartet in F major, Op. 135, by Beethoven
Scherzino “La couturière (Швея, or The Seamstress)”18711871
Pictures at an Exhibition (Картинки с выставки)18741874edition by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1886)
Storm on the Black Sea18791879lost
On Crimea’s South Coast (На южном берегу Крыма)18801880inspired by a visit to Gurzuf at Ayu-Dag in Crimea
Capriccio “Near Crimea’s South Coast (Близ южного берега Крыма)”18801880also known as the Baydarki Capriccio
Méditation (Размышление)18801880
Une larme (Слеза, or A Tear)18801880
Quasi fantasia “Au village (В деревне)”18801880
Fair Scene from the opera Sorochyntsi Fair18801880arrangement of the Fair Scene from The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1880)
Gopak of the Merry Lads from the opera Sorochyntsi Fair18801880arrangement of the Gopak from The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1880)

Choral works

Title Start End Notes
Shamil's March18591859Projected; for tenor, baritone, chorus, and orchestra
The Destruction of Sennacherib18661867Original version; for chorus and orchestra; based on The Destruction of Sennacherib from Hebrew Melodies (1815)
The Destruction of Sennacherib18741874Revised version; for chorus and orchestra; based on The Destruction of Sennacherib from Hebrew Melodies (1815)
Iisus Navin18741877-07-02Also known as Joshua; for alto, baritone, chorus, and piano; based on a biblical text; orchestral edition by Rimsky-Korsakov published in 1883
Three Vocalises18801880For three-part female voices:

• Andante cantabile
• Largo
• Andante giusto

Five Russian Folksongs18801880For four-part male voices; No.4 with 2 solo tenors; No.5 incomplete:

• Скажи, девица милая ("Tell Me, Dear Maiden")
• Ты взойди, взойди солнце красное ("Rise, Rise Thou Fair Sun")
• У ворот, ворот батюшкиных ("At the Gates, Father's Gates")
• Уж ты, воля, моя воля ("Oh Thou, Freedom, My Freedom")
• Плывет, восплывает, зеленый садок ("A Green Garden Floats")

Songs

Title Start End Notes
"Rustic Song"18571857-04-18Original version of the song Where Art Thou, Little Star? (1863–1866); based on a text by Nikolay Grekov; orchestrated on 1858-06-03
"Where Art Thou, Little Star?"1858-06-031858-06-04Orchestrated version of the song Rustic Song (1857); based on a text by Nikolay Grekov
"Thou Longing of My Heart"18581858Based on a text by an anonymous author; German text; a wedding present for Malvina Bamberg, César Cui's bride; manuscript lost; published in 1907
"Tell Me Why, Fair Maiden"18581858-07-31Based on a text by an anonymous author
"The Joyous Hour"18581859Original version, revised in 1859; based on a text by Aleksey Koltsov
"Leaves Rustled Sadly"18591859Original version, revised in 1863-1866; based on a text by Aleksey Pleshcheyev
"What Are Words of Love to You?"18601860Original version, revised in 1863-1866; based on a text by A. Ammosov
"The Joyous Hour"18631866Revised version, originally composed in 1858-1859; based on a text by Aleksey Koltsov; published in Paris (1923)
"Leaves Rustled Sadly"18631866Revised version, original composed in 1859; based on a text by Aleksey Pleshcheyev
"What Are Words of Love to You?"18631866Revised version, original version composed in 1860; based on a text by A. Ammosov; published in Paris (1923)
"Many Are My Palaces and Gardens"18631863Based on a text by Aleksey Koltsov
"Old Man's Song"18631863Also known as The Harper's Song; based on An die Türen will ich schleichen from Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (Bk.5, Ch.14) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Tsar Saul"18631863Based on Warriors and Chiefs (Song of Saul before His Last Battle) from Hebrew Melodies (1815) by Byron, translated by Ivan Kozlov
"But If I Could Meet Thee Again"18631863Based on a text by Vasily Kurochkin
"Where Art Thou, Little Star?"1863-661863-66Revised version of the song Rustic Song (1858); based on a text by Nikolay Grekov
"The Winds Blow, the Wild Winds"18641864Based on a text by Aleksey Koltsov; published in Paris (1909)
"Night"18641864Original version, revised in 1868; based on a text by Aleksandr Pushkin;
"Kalistratushka"18641864Original version of the song Kalistrat; based on a text by Nikolay Nekrasov
"Kalistrat"18641864Revised version of the song Kalistratushka; based on a text by Nikolay Nekrasov;
"Every Saturday (Tuscan Popular Song)"18641864Arrangement of the song Ogni sabato avresti il lume acceso (1853) by Luigi Gordigiani; for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and piano
"A Prayer"18651865Based on a text by Mikhail Lermontov
"The Outcast [Woman]" (An essay in recitative)18651865Based on a text by Holz-Miller
"Cradle Song"18651865Original version of Sleep, Go to Sleep, Peasant Son; based on a text by Aleksandr Ostrovsky
"Sleep, Go to Sleep, Peasant Son"18651865Revised version of Cradle Song; based on a text by Aleksandr Ostrovsky
"Little One"18661866-01-07Based on a text by Aleksey Pleshcheyev
"Desire"1866-04-151866-04-16Based on a text by Heinrich Heine, Ich wollt' meine Schmerzen ergössen
"From My Tears"18661866Based on a text by Heinrich Heine, Aus meinen Tränen
"Darling Savishna"18661866Text by Mussorgsky
"Ah, You Drunken Sot"18661866Text by Mussorgsky
"The Seminarist"18661866Text by Mussorgsky
"Hopak"18661866Original version, revised in 1868; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Taras Shevchenko, translated by Lev Mey
"Yaryoma's Song"18661866Lost; original version of On the Dnieper; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Taras Shevchenko, translated by Lev Mey
"Hebrew Song"18671867Based on a text by Lev Mey
"Magpie Whitesides"18671867Based on a text by Aleksandr Pushkin
"Gathering Mushrooms"18671867Based on a text by Lev Mey
"The Banquet" (or The Feast)18671867Based on a text by Aleksey Koltsov
"The Urchin" (or The Ragamuffin)18671867Text by Mussorgsky
"A Society Tale" (The Goat)18671867Text by Mussorgsky
"A Garden by the Don Blooms"18671867-12-23Ballad; composed 23 December 1867 in Saint Petersburg; based on a text by Aleksey Koltsov; published in 1883 by Bessel
"The Classicist"18671867-12-30Musical pamphlet ("In response to a remark by [Aleksandr] Famintsïn regarding the heresy of the Russian school"); composed 30 December 1867 in Saint Petersburg; text by Mussorgsky; published in 1870 by Arngold; dedicated to Nadezhda Opochinin
"Night"18681868Revised version, original composed in 1864; based on a text by Aleksandr Pushkin;
"Hopak"18681868Revised version, original composed in 1866; orchestrated; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Taras Shevchenko, translated by Lev Mey
"The Orphan"18681868Text by Mussorgsky
"Yeryomushka's Lullaby"18681868Based on a text by Nikolay Nekrasov
"A Child's Song"18681868Based on a text by Lev Mey
The Nursery18681872Text by Mussorgsky; cycle of 7 songs
"With Nanny"18681868-04-26Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
"In the Corner"18701870-09-30Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
"The Beetle"18701870-10-18Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
"With the Doll"18701870-12-18Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
"Going to Sleep"18701870Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
"The Peep-Show"18701870Text by Mussorgsky; satire
"Evening Song"18711871Based on a text by Aleksey Pleshcheyev
At the Dacha18721881Text by Mussorgsky; unfinished cycle of songs; the two songs completed were later included in The Nursery
"Ride on a Stick-Horse"18721872-09-15Text by Mussorgsky; part of At the Dacha
"The Cat 'Sailor'"18721872-08-15Text by Mussorgsky; part of At the Dacha
Sunless18741874Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; cycle of 6 songs
"Within Four Walls"18741874Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Sunless
"Thou Didst Not Know Me in the Crowd"18741874Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Sunless
"The Idle Noisy Day is Ended"18741874Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Sunless
"Boredom" (or Ennui)18741874Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Sunless
"Elegy"18741874Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Sunless
"Over the River"18741874Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Sunless
"Forgotten"18741874Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; inspired by the painting Forgotten (1872) by Vasiliy Vereshchagin
"Evil Death (The Epitaph)"18741874Text by Mussorgsky; unfinished
"Nettle Mountain"1874-08-101874Text by Mussorgsky; unfinished; satire
Songs and Dances of Death18751877Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; cycle of 4 songs
"Lullaby"18751875Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuz
"Trepak"18751875Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Songs and Dances of Death
"The Misunderstood One"18751875-12-21Text by Mussorgsky
"The Field-Marshal"18771877Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Songs and Dances of Death
"Not Like Thunder From Heaven"18771877Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy
"Softly the Spirit Flew up to Heaven"18771877Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy
"Pride"18771877Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy
"Is It an Honor for a Young Man to Weave Flax?"18771877Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy
"It Scatters and Breaks"18771877Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy
"The Vision"18771877Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov
"The Wanderer"18781878Based on Abendlied des Wanderers by Friedrich Rückert, translated by Aleksey Pleshcheyev
"On the Dnieper"18791879Revised version of Yaryoma's Song; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Taras Shevchenko, translated by Lev Mey
"Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Cellar (Song of the Flea)"18791879Based on Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy (1808) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Strugovshchikov

Youthful Years

Youthful Years: A Collection of Romances and Songs (Russian: Юные годы: сборник романсов и песен, romanized: Yunïуе godï: sbornik romansov i pesen) is a bound series of 18 manuscripts of songs by Mussorgsky, the existence of which was announced by Charles Malherbe in 1909.

  1. "Where Art Thou, Little Star?"
  2. "The Joyous Hour"
  3. "The Leaves Rustled Sadly"
  4. "Many Are My Palaces and Gardens"
  5. "A Prayer"
  6. "Tell Me Why, Gentle Maiden"
  7. "What Are Words of Love to You?"
  8. "The Winds Blow, Wild Wind"
  9. "But If I Could Meet With Thee"
  10. "Little One"
  11. "Old Man's Song"
  12. "King Saul"
  13. "Night"
  14. "Kalistrat"
  15. "The Outcast"
  16. "Sleep, Go to Sleep, Peasant Son"
  17. "Song of the Balearic Islander"
  18. "Every Saturday"

Opus numbers

Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi provides this list of works with opus numbers, compiled by the composer, prefaced by the following remarks (italics added): "The other catalogue which was sent to Stassof is dated 16 August 1878; but, as it mentions no work composed later than 1874, Andrei Rimsky-Korsakof suggests, rightly, that it must have been compiled some four years earlier. Its only value is that of a biographical curiosity."

Note: The columns 'category' and 'notes', as well as the column headings, have been added for the convenience of the reader. It will be noticed that Calvocoressi's date given in the preceding remarks (16 August 1878) does not match that given below.

"To Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov in memory of Mussorianin That's all I know | M. Mussorianin"[1]
26 August '78, Petrograd
Opus Category Works Composer's remarks Notes
Op. 1
VariousEin Kinderscherz (1859)
• Scherzo in B major for orchestra (1859)
• Intermezzo (1861)
• Scherzino (1872)
Op. 2
ChoralThe Destruction of Sennacherib (1867)
Joshua (1866)
"Choral""Jewish" choruses; Joshua (Iisus Navin), completed in 1877, is based on 'War Song of the Libyans' from Salammbô, composed in 1866
Op. 3
Songs• "Hopak" (1866)
• "Gathering Mushrooms" (1867)
• "Yeremushka's Lullaby" (1868)
• "The Peasant's Lullaby" (1865)
• "The Orphan" (1868)
• "The He-Goat" (1867)
Op. 4
Songs• "The Ragamuffin" (1868)
• "The Seminarist" (1866)
• "Savishna" (1866)
Op. 5
Songs• "Night" (1864)
• "King Saul" (1863)
• "The Feast" (1867)
• "Jewish Song" (1867)
• "The Magpie" (1867)
• "A Child's Song" (1868)
Op. 6
Song AlbumThe Nursery (1868-1869):
• "With Nanny"
• "In the Corner"
• "The Cockchafer"
• "Evening Prayer"
• "With the Doll"
Op. 7
OperaMarriage (1868)"An act of Gogol's Marriage"
Op. 8
Songs• "The Classicist" (1867)
• "The Peep-Show" (1869)
Satiric songs
Op. 9
OperaBoris Godunov (1868-1872)
Op. 10
OperaMlada (1873):
• "Market Scene"
• "March of the Princes and Priests"
• "Glorification of Tchernobog"
"Scenes from the opera Mlada (not an opera of mine)"The Mlada numbers were composed in 1872.
Op. 11
PianoPictures at an Exhibition (1874)"In memory of Hartmann"
Op. 12
Song AlbumSunless (1874)"Album of six poems by Count Golenishchef-Kutuzof"
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OperaSalammbô (1864-1865)"Studies for the opera Salammbô after Flaubert"Composed in 1863-1866
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Song"I'm Riding to Yukka!" (1873)Also known as 'The Hobby-Horse'; part of At the Dacha; later appended to The Nursery; composed in 1872
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Song"The Old Believer's Song" (1874)Marfa's song, 'A Maiden Wandered', from Act 3 of Khovanshchina
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Song"Forgotten" (1874)"After Vereshchagin"
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Song"The Mound of Nettles" (1874)Satiric song; unfinished
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OperaKhovanshchina (1874)"Materials for the opera Khovanshchina (a national music drama)"


References

Notes

  1. Calvocoressi (1956: pp. 10-11)

Sources

  • Abraham, G., "Modest Musorgsky" in The New Grove: Russian Masters 1, New York: W. W. Norton & Co. (1986)
  • Calvocoressi, M.D., Abraham, G., Mussorgsky, 'Master Musicians' Series, London: J.M.Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1946
  • Calvocoressi, M. D., Modest Mussorgsky: His Life and Works, London: Rockliff, 1956
  • Gordeyeva, Ye. (editor), Kazakova, N. (works list) M. P. Musorgskiy: Letters, 2nd edition, Moscow: Music (publisher), 1984 [Гордеева, Е., М. П. Мусоргский: Письма, Москва: Музыка, 1984]
  • Taruskin, R., Musorgsky: Eight Essays and an Epilogue, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1993
  • Unknown compiler, notes to Moussorgsky: Integrale des Melodies CD recording by Boris Christoff, EMI Records Ltd, 1989
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