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A Night on Bald Mountain usually refers to one of two compositions – either a seldom performed early ( 1867 ) ' Musical Picture ' by Modest Mussorgsky , ''St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain'' (, ''Ivanova noch' na lïsoy gore''), or a later ( 1886 ) and very popular ' Fantasy For Orchestra ' by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov , ''A Night on the Bare Mountain'' (, ''Noch' na lïsoy gore''), based almost entirely on Mussorgsky's themes. Inspired by Russian literary works and legend, Mussorgsky made a Witches' Sabbath the theme of the original Tone Poem , completed on June 23 rd, 1867 ( St. John's Eve ). ''St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain'' and Rimsky-Korsakov's 'musical picture' ''Sadko'' (also composed in 1867) share the distinction of being the first tone poems by Russian composers. As with so much of Mussorgsky's music, the work had a tortuous compositional history and was arranged after his death in 1881 by his friend and fellow member of the Mighty Handful Rimsky-Korsakov. It was never performed in any form during Mussorgsky's lifetime. The Rimsky-Korsakov edition premiered in 1886, and has become a concert favorite. ''Note on the title'': The Russian word «лысая» (lïsaya) literally means "bald", but is used in this case figuratively for a mountain supposedly barren of trees. Therefore, most experts officially title the piece ''A Night on the Bare Mountain'', even if they commonly refer to it as ''Night on Bald Mountain''. COMPOSITION HISTORY |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Vladimir_Stasov" class="copylinks">Vladimir Stasov <br> (1824 &ndash 1906) |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Vladimir_Nikolsky" class="copylinks">Vladimir Nikolsky <br> (1836 &ndash 1883) |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Mily_Balakirev" class="copylinks">Mily Balakirev <br> (1837 &ndash 1910) |
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