Research topic: Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky

Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky , 1839-81, Russian composer. His name is also transliterated as Mussorgsky and Musorgsky. He was one of the first to promote a national Russian style. A member of the minor aristocracy and an officer in the Imperial Guard until 1858, he was later a government clerk. His study with Mili Balakirev and his associations with other composers encouraged him to become a composer himself, although his musical training was sketchy and never satisfied him. His masterpiece is the opera Boris Godunov (1868-69, revised 1871-72, produced St. Petersburg, 1874), in which he... Read more