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Great Gate of Kiev by Victor Hartmann
-- depicted in Pictures at an Exhibition

 

The suite Pictures at an Exhibition didn't make much of an impression on the general music-listening public of the day.
In fact, it wasn't until 1922, when  a version for orchestra, that "Pictures" finally captured the ears of music lovers the world over.

Which of these IMPRESSIONIST composers arranged  the piece?


  RACHMANINOV, Sergey Vasilyevich
            (1873-1943); Russ./Amer.

  SCHOENBERG, Arnold (1874-1951);
             Austr./Am.

  DEBUSSY, Claude (1862-1918); Fr.

  RAVEL, Maurice (1875-1937); Fr.

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Great Gate of Kiev. (S.Wilson)

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Information source: NPR on line
Listen to a Mussorgsky montage and hear Leonard Slatkin's take on the piece.