Moussorgsky

[ moo-sawrg-skee, -zawrg-; Russian moo-suhrk-skyee ]

noun

1. Mo·dest Pe·tro·vich [moh-, dest, pi-, troh, -vich, muh-, dyest, pyi-, traw, -vyich], 1839–81, Russian composer.

Moussorgsky

/ mʊˈsɔːɡskɪ; ˈmusərkskij /

noun

1. a variant spelling of (Modest Petrovich) Mussorgsky

Example Sentences

He had decided to give Moussorgsky's Khovanstchina in the next Paris season.

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It was disturbing to Terry, who was reading Moussorgsky.

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In both of Moussorgsky's familiar operas, for example, the leading part is destined for a bass voice.

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A single page of Moussorgsky or Strawinsky shows more originality, more potential greatness than the complete scores of Mahler and Reger.

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Moussorgsky preceded Debussy in his use of whole-tone harmonies, and a contemporary of Debussy, and an equally gifted musician, Martin Loeffler, was experimenting before Debussy himself in a dark but delectable harmonic region.

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