Modest Mussorgski
Night on Bald Mountain
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Modest Mussorgski
Night on Bald Mountain
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Modest Mussorgski
- Editor Tohru Takahashi
- Series The Great Classics
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- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher De Haske Publications
- Order no. DHP0991577-010
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Description:
The symphonic poem Night on a Bald Mountain took its inspiration from a story by the well known Russian writer Nicola Gogol. Mussorgsky took no steps to promote his masterpiece and it was only after his death when Rimsky-Korsakov was looking through the enormous stack of manuscripts that the work resurfaced. Written above the score, Mussorgsky gives a brief description of the story of Night on a Bald Mountain: Gathering Witches, their gossip and chit-chat; The Procession of Satan; Pagan Worship of Satan and Witches Sabbath. This transcription for concert band by Tohru Takahasi remains true to the orchestral original.