List of works by Modest Mussorgsky

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Works by Genre

Stage Works

• Oedipus [Эдип], incidental music (1859–61), unfinished; Temple Scene completed by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
• Salammbô [Саламбо], opera (1863–66), unfinished; extracts completed by Rimsky-Korsakov, Karatygin and others
• The Marriage [Женитьба], an essay in dramatic music and prose (1868); only 1st of 3 acts completed (in vocal score)
• Boris Godunov [Борис Годунов], opera in 4 acts (1868–69, rev.1871–72); rev. by Rimsky-Korsakov, Shostakovich and others
• Mlada [Млада], 3 scenes for an opera-ballet (in collaboration with Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Cui, Minkus) (1871–72)
• Khovanshchina [Хованщина], opera in 5 acts (1872–80), unfinished; completions by Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky/Ravel, Shostakovich
• Sorochinsky Fair [Сорочинская ярмарка], comic opera in 3 acts (1874–80), unfinished; completions by Lyadov/Karatygin, Cui, Tcherepnin, Shebalin. Fair Scene and Hopak arr. for piano by Mussorgsky

Orchestral Works

• Scherzo in B♭ major (1858), arr. of piano piece; rev. by Rimsky-Korsakov
• Alla marcia notturna (1861)
• St. John’s Night on Bald Mountain [Иванова ночь на Лысой горе] (1866–67); rev. in operas Mlada and Sorochinsky Fair; rev. by Rimsky-Korsakov
• Intermezzo in modo classico (1867); also arr. for piano; rev. by Rimsky-Korsakov
• The Capture of Kars [Взятие Карса], march (1880); rev. by Rimsky-Korsakov

Choral Works

• Shamil’s March [Марш Шамиля], for tenor, bass, chorus & piano (1859)
• The Destruction of Sennacherib [Поражение Сеннахериба] (1866–67, rev.1874)
• Joshua [Иисус Навин], for alto, bass, chorus & piano (1874–77); rev. by Rimsky-Korsakov
• Three Vocalises, for 3 female voices (1880)
• 5 Russian Folk Songs [5 Русских народных песен] (1878):
  1. Tell Me, Dear Maiden [Скажи, девица милая]
  2. Rise Up, Red Sun [Ты взойди, взойди солнце красное]
  3. By the Gates, the Castle Gates [У ворот, ворот батышкиных]
  4. Your Will is Already My Will [Уж ты, воля, моя воля], with 2 tenor solos
  5. The Little Duckling is Swimming [Плывет, восплывает зеленый дубок], unfinished
• 3 Vocalises (1880)

Songs

• Rustic Song (Where are You Little Star?) [Сельская песня (Где ты, звездочка?)] (1858, rev.1863–66); also arr. for voice & orchestra (1858)
• Tell Me Why [Отчего скажи] (1858, rev. 1863–66)
• Meines Herzens Sehnsucht (1858)
• The Joyous Hour [Веселый час] (1858-59, rev. 1863–66)
• The Leaves Rustled Sadly [Листья шумели унило] (1859, rev. 1863–66)
• What are Words of Love to You? [Что вам слова любви] (1860, rev. 1863–66)
• I Have Many Palaces and Gardens [Много есть у меня теремов и садов] (1863)
• Old Man’s Song [Песнь старца] (1863)
• King Saul [Царь Саул] (1863, rev. 1866–71)
• But If I Could Meet You Again [Но если бы с тобою я встретиться могла] (1863)
• Blow Winds, Wild Winds [Дуют ветры, ветры буйные] (1864)
• Kalistratushka [Калистратушка] (1864); rev. later as Kalistrat [Калистрат]
• Night [Ночь] (1864, rev. 1868–71); also arr. for orchestra (1868)
• Prayer [Молитва] (1865)
• The Outcast [Отверженная], essay in recitative (1865)
• Cradle Song [Колыбельная песня] (1865); rev. as Sleep, Sleep, Peasant Son [Спи, успи крестьянский сын] (1867-71)
• Dearest, Oh Why Are Your Eyes Sometimes So Cold? [Малютка, ах, зачем твой глазки порою?] (1866)
• Desire [Желание] (1866)
• From My Tears [Из слез моих] (1866)
• Darling Savishna [Светик Савишна] (1866)
• Ah, You Drunken Sot! [Ах ты, рьяная тетеря!] (1866)
• The Seminarist [Семинарист] (1866, rev. 1866-70)
• Hopak [Гопак] (1866); also arr. for orchestra (1868)
• Yarema's Song [Песнь Яремы)] (1866), lost; rev. as On the Dnieper [На Днепре] (1879)
• Hebrew Song [Еврейская песня] (1867)
• The Magpie [Стрекотунья-белобока] (1867)
• Gathering Mushrooms [По грибы] (1867)
• The Feast [Пирушка] (1867)
• The Ragamuffin [Озорник] (1867)
• A Society Tale (The Goat) [Светская сказочка (Козел)] (1867)
• The Classicist [Классик] (1867)
• A Garden Blooms By the Don [По над Доном сад цветет] (1867)
• The Orphan [Сиротка] (1868)
• Eremushka's Lullaby [Колыбельная Еремушки] (1868)
• Child's Song [Детская песенка] (1868)
• At the Dacha [На даче] (1872); re-used in The Nursery (1872):
  1. The Cat Sailor [Кот матрос]
  2. On the Hobby-Horse [Поехал на палочке]
• The Nursery [Детская] (1872):
  1. With Nanny [С няней] (1868)
  2. In the Corner [В угли] (1870)
  3. The Beetle [Жук] (1870)
  4. With the Doll [С куклой] (1870)
  5. At Bedtime [На сон грядущий] (1870)
  6. The Cat Sailor [Кот матрос] (1872)
  7. On the Hobby-Horse [Поехал на палочке] (1872)
• The Gallery [Раёк] (1870)
• Evening Song [Вечерняя песенка] (1871)
• Sunless [Без солнца] (1874):
  1. Within Four Walls [В четырех стенах]
  2. You Did Not Know Me in the Crowd [Меня ты в толпе не узнала]
  3. The Usless, Noisy Day Has Ended [Окончен праздный, шумный день]
  4. Boredom [Скучай]
  5. Elegy [Элегия]
  6. On the River [Над рекой]:
• Forgotten [Забытый] (1874)
• Epitaph [Надграбнок письмо] (1874), unfinished
• Nettle Mountain [Крапивная гора] (1874)
• Songs and Dances of Death [Песни и пляски смерти] (1875–77):
  1. Lullaby [Колыбельная] (1875)
  2. Serenade [Серенада] (1875)
  3. Trepak [Трепак] (1875)
  4. The Field-Marshal [Полководец] (1875)
• The Misunderstood One [Непонятная] (1875)
• Unlike the Thunder, Trouble Struck [Не божим громом ударило] (1877)
• Softly the Spirit Flew Up to Heaven [Горними тихо летела душа небесами] (1877)
• Pride [Спесь] (1877)
• Hey, Is Spinning a Young Man's Job? [Ой, честь ли то молодцу лен прясти?] (1877)
• It Scatters and Breaks [Рассевается, расступается] (1877)
• The Vision [Видение] (1877)
• The Wanderer [Странник] (1878)
• Mephistopheles’s Song in Auerbach’s Cellar [Песня Мефистофеля в погребке Ауэрбаха] (1879)

Piano Works

• Porte-enseigne Polka (1852)
• Souvenir d’enfance (1857)
• Scherzo in B♭ major (1858); also arr. for orchestra
• Scherzo in C♯ minor (1858); rev. 1860 in Piano Sonata in C major
• Impromptu passionné (1859)
• Ein Kinderscherz (1859, rev.1860)
• Piano Sonata for Four Hands in C major (1860), Allegro and Scherzo only
• Intermezzo in modo classico (1862, rev. 1867); also arr. for orchestra
• Memories of Childhood [Из воспоминаний детства] (1865):
  1. Nanny and I [Няня и я]
  2. The First Punishment [Первое наказание]
• Rêverie [Дума], on a theme of V. A. Loginov (1865)
• La Capricieuse, on a theme of L. Heyden (1865)
• The Seamstress [Шевя], scherzino (1871)
• Pictures from an Exhibition [Картинки с выставки] (1874); later orchestrated by Ravel
• Pictures from the Crimea:
  1. On the Crimea’s Southern Shore [На южном берегу Крыма] (1879)
  2. Near the Crimea’s Southern Shore [Близ южного берега Крыма] (1880)
• Méditation, album leaf (1880)
• Une Larme (1880)
• In the Village (Au village), quasi-fantasia (ca.1880)

Arrangements and Editions

• Persian Chorus [Персидский хор] from the opera Ruslan and Liudmila [Руслан и людмила] by Mikhail Glinka; arranged for piano 4 hands (1858)
• Souvenir d'une nuit d'été à Madrid, fantasia on Spanish themes by Mikhail Glinka; arranged for piano 4 hands (1858)
• King Lear [Король Лир], overture by Balakirev; arranged for solo piano (1859)
• String Quartet, Op.59, No.3 by Beethoven; movts. II and III arr. for piano 2 hands (1859–67)
• Darling, Do Not Sing With Me [Не пой, красавица, при мне], song with orchestra by Balakirev; arranged for voice with piano (1862).
• String Quartet, Op.130 by Beethoven; arranged for piano 4 hands (1862)
• String Quartet, Op.131 by Beethoven; arranged for piano 2 hands (1867)
• String Quartet, Op.135 by Beethoven; movts. II and III arranged for piano 2 hands (1867)
• Letter After the Ball [Письмо после бала], romance by Dar’ia Leonova; revised by Mussorgsky(1879)
• Eastern Lullaby [Восточная колыбельная песня], by N. N. Lodyzhevsky; revised for voice with piano (1874)
• Lullaby [Колыбельная] by Alexander Taneyev; completed by Mussorgsky (1874)

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