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Definition of Moussorgsky
1. Noun. Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881).
Generic synonyms: Composer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moussorgsky
Literary usage of Moussorgsky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Face to Face with Great Musicians by Charles David Isaacson (1921)
"The man who spoke so vehemently was Fedor Mikhail, the chief clerk, and the man
who listened sleepily was the lesser clerk, Moussorgsky. ..."
2. A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel (1919)
"Debussy acclaimed Moussorgsky enthusiastically a dozen years ago, but for all
that Moussorgsky and Debussy are antipodes in art — they represent extremes. ..."
3. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1907)
"The operatic direction requested Moussorgsky to shorten the work and give ...
After ' Boris' Godounov ' Moussorgsky turned his attention to the dramatic ..."
4. Musical Portraits: Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld (1920)
"... Moussorgsky THE music of Moussorgsky comes up out of a dense and livid ground.
It comes up out of a ground that lies thickly packed beneath our feet, ..."
5. The Lure of Music: Depicting the Human Side of Great Composers, with Stories by Olin Downes, Columbia Graphophone Company (U.S.) (1918)
"Moussorgsky paid heavily for his achievement. Boro- dine in his letters contrasts
the change in the dashing young officer, who joined "The Invincibles" in ..."
6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"G: Hodges. Home Prog 4:97«-X Ap '15 School libraries and mental training. AE Boris
Godounov; opera. See Moussorgsky, Modeste Petrovitch Borlase, ..."
7. A Second Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel (1917)
"Debussy acclaimed Moussorgsky enthusiastically a dozen years ago, but for all
that Moussorgsky and Debussy are antipodes in art — they represent extremes. ..."
8. The Complete Opera Book: The Stories of the Operas, Together with 400 of the by Gustav Kobbé, Katharine Wright (1922)
"Moussorgsky, the ultra- realist, the innovating lyrico-dramatist, Cui, ...
music by Moussorgsky; produced at the theatre Marie in Petrograd in 1874. ..."
9. Face to Face with Great Musicians by Charles David Isaacson (1921)
"The man who spoke so vehemently was Fedor Mikhail, the chief clerk, and the man
who listened sleepily was the lesser clerk, Moussorgsky. ..."
10. A Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel (1919)
"Debussy acclaimed Moussorgsky enthusiastically a dozen years ago, but for all
that Moussorgsky and Debussy are antipodes in art — they represent extremes. ..."
11. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1907)
"The operatic direction requested Moussorgsky to shorten the work and give ...
After ' Boris' Godounov ' Moussorgsky turned his attention to the dramatic ..."
12. Musical Portraits: Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld (1920)
"... Moussorgsky THE music of Moussorgsky comes up out of a dense and livid ground.
It comes up out of a ground that lies thickly packed beneath our feet, ..."
13. The Lure of Music: Depicting the Human Side of Great Composers, with Stories by Olin Downes, Columbia Graphophone Company (U.S.) (1918)
"Moussorgsky paid heavily for his achievement. Boro- dine in his letters contrasts
the change in the dashing young officer, who joined "The Invincibles" in ..."
14. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"G: Hodges. Home Prog 4:97«-X Ap '15 School libraries and mental training. AE Boris
Godounov; opera. See Moussorgsky, Modeste Petrovitch Borlase, ..."
15. A Second Book of Operas: Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel (1917)
"Debussy acclaimed Moussorgsky enthusiastically a dozen years ago, but for all
that Moussorgsky and Debussy are antipodes in art — they represent extremes. ..."
16. The Complete Opera Book: The Stories of the Operas, Together with 400 of the by Gustav Kobbé, Katharine Wright (1922)
"Moussorgsky, the ultra- realist, the innovating lyrico-dramatist, Cui, ...
music by Moussorgsky; produced at the theatre Marie in Petrograd in 1874. ..."
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