Composition: Mephistopheles’s Song in Auerbach’s Cellar (Mussorgsky, Modest)
| Title | Mephistopheles’s Song in Auerbach’s Cellar |
| Alternative title | Song of the Flea ; Песня Мефистофеля в погребке Ауэрбаха ; Lied des Mephistopheles in Auerbachs Keller |
| Creators | Modest Mussorgsky (composer) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (librettist) |
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| Instrumentation | voice and piano |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | B minor |
| Composed | 1879 |
| First published | — |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Songs |
| Language | Russian |
| Period | Romantic |
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Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | voice and orchestra | Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov |
| view | Complete | voice and orchestra | Igor Stravinsky |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Bessel | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Bessel | 1911 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Universal Edition | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score (scan) · view Complete Score (filter) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and orchestra |
Manuscript | — | Complete Score · view Flute 1/2 · view Oboe 1/2 · view Clarinet 1, 2 (A) · view Bassoon 1, 2 · view Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F) · view Trumpet 1/2 (A) · view Trombone 1/2, 3 · view Timpani · view Harp · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and orchestra |
Bessel | — | Complete Score · view Piccolo, Flute 1, 2 · view Oboe, English Horn · view Clarinet 1, 2 (A) · view Bassoon 1, 2 · view Horn 1, 2, 3, 4 (F) · view Trumpet 1, 2 (A) · view Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba · view Timpani · view Harp · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Performers | Files |
|---|---|---|
| view | Hans Rosbaud (piano) | Complete Recording · file |
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