Modest Mussorsky (mar 21, 1839 – mar 28, 1881)
Description:
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five". He was an 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.Added to timeline:
Date:
mar 21, 1839
mar 28, 1881
~ 42 years