Modest Mussorgsky (jan 1, 1839 – jan 1, 1881)
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a composer and innovator of Russian music in the romantic period. He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music.Mussorgsky’s Realism
1. Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov proved to be the heir to Glinka’s A Life for the Tsar.
2. He was one of the most progressive composers of the century and rejected all that
Glinka had absorbed (the beauty of Italy and brains of Germany).
3. Realism was the driving force for Mussorgsky, along with a contempt for fine manners and convention, and the falseness of the other musics.
4. Rather than use poetic verse for the libretto, Mussorgsky chose to imitate conversational speech.
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Date:
jan 1, 1839
jan 1, 1881
~ 42 years