Pictures at an Exhibition (Mussorgsky, Modest)

Title Pictures at an Exhibition
Alternative title Картинки с выставки ; Tableaux d'une Exposition ; Bilder einer Austellung
Creators Modest Mussorgsky, composer
Opus
Instrumentation piano
Number of movements 16
Keys
Composed 1874
First published 1886
Dedication Vladimir Stassov
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Average duration (sec)
Number of measures
Composition types Pieces
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Complete orchestra Maurice Ravel
View Complete 11 recorders Jaap Wiebes
View Complete horn, 2 trumpets, trombone and tuba Wayne Beardwood
View Complete 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass Robert G. Patterson
View Complete 2 pianos Klemens Starybrat
View Complete 2 melodicas Andrew Jonathan Lee
View Selections orchestra Mikhail Tushmalov
View Selections strings Michel Rondeau
View Selections 2 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and tuba Michel Rondeau
View Selections 5 viola damores Elaine Fine
View Selections piano 4 hands Aleksandr Schaefer
View Promenade I-V horn, trumpet and euphonium Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt
View Il vecchio castello (No.2) orchestra Matias Ekert
View Il vecchio castello (No.2) 3 violins, 2 violas and cello Elaine Fine
View Il vecchio castello (No.2) English horn, bass oboe, heckelphone and bassoon
View Il vecchio castello (No.2) violin and piano
View Il vecchio castello (No.2) flute and piano Gabriel Isenberg
View Tuileries (No.3) horn, trumpet and euphonium Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt
View Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (No.5) horn, trumpet and euphonium Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete Manuscript 1874 Complete Score
View Complete Bessel Complete Score
View Complete Augener 1914 Complete Score
View Complete Schirmer 1922 Complete Score
Complete Score
View Complete Complete Score (scan)
Complete Score (filter)
View Complete Complete Score
Complete Score
View Complete Knute Snortum 2021 Complete Score
Engraving Files (Lilypond)
View Complete Jürgen Knuth 1. Promenade
Engraving files (Capella)
View Complete Philadelphia: Clinton F. Nieweg 2016 'Pictures at an Exhibition', a Guide to Editions
View Complete Arrangement for orchestra
by Maurice Ravel
Manuscript 1900 Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for orchestra
by Maurice Ravel
Editions Russes de Musique 1929 Complete Score
Flute 1/2
Piccolo (also Flute 3)
Oboe 1/2
Oboe 3/English horn
Clarinet 1/2 (B)
Bass Clarinet (B)
Alto saxophone (E)
Bassoon 1/2
Contrabassoon
Horn 1/2 (F)
Horn 3/4 (F)
Trumpet 1/2 (C)
Trumpet 3 (C)
Trombone 1/2
Trombone 3
Tuba
Timpani
Whip/Rattle/Tambourine/Cymbals/Bass Drum
Xylophone
Bells
Glockenspiel
Celeste
Harp 1
Harp 2
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos
Basses
View Complete Arrangement for orchestra
by Maurice Ravel
Muzgiz Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for orchestra
by Maurice Ravel
Editions Russes de Musique 1929 Oboe 1
Oboe 2
View Complete Arrangement for orchestra
by Maurice Ravel
Editions Russes de Musique 1929 Violins I
Violins II
View Complete Arrangement for 11 recorders
by Jaap Wiebes
Complete Score
Complete Parts (high)
Complete Parts (low)
View Complete Arrangement for horn, 2 trumpets, trombone and tuba
by Wayne Beardwood
Complete Score
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Horn
Trombone
Tuba
View Complete Arrangement for 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass
by Robert G. Patterson
Complete Score
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
View Complete Arrangement for 2 pianos
by Klemens Starybrat
Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for 2 melodicas
by Andrew Jonathan Lee
Andrew Jonathan Lee 2022 Complete Score
Melodica 1
Melodica 2
Engraving files (MuseScore)
View Complete Arrangement for orchestra
by Mikhail Tushmalov
; selections
Bessel Complete Score
Flute 1/2, Piccolo
Oboe 1/2, English Horn
Clarinet 1/2 (B, A), Bass Clarinet (B)
Bassoon 1/2
Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F)
Trumpet 1/2 (B, A)
Trombone 1/2, 3/Tuba
Timpani, Glockenspiel, Bell (Chime)
Tam-Tam, Triangle, Cymbals/Bass Drum

Piano
Harp
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos / Basses
View Complete Arrangement for strings
by Michel Rondeau
; selections
Complete Score
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Violins III (Violas)
Cellos
Basses
Engraving files (Finale)
View Complete Arrangement for 2 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and tuba
by Michel Rondeau
; selections
Michel Rondeau 2017 4 Excerpts - Complete Score and Parts
Engraving files (Finale & XML)
View Complete Arrangement for 5 viola damores
by Elaine Fine
; selections
Nos.1-9 - Complete Score
Complete Parts
View Complete Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Aleksandr Schaefer
; selections
Bessel 1900 Complete Score
Color Cover
View Promenade I-V Arrangement for horn, trumpet and euphonium
by Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt
Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt 2019 Complete Score
Horn (F)
Trumpet (B)
Euphonium
View Il vecchio castello (No.2) Arrangement for orchestra
by Matias Ekert
Complete Score
View Il vecchio castello (No.2) Arrangement for 3 violins, 2 violas and cello
by Elaine Fine
Complete Score and Parts
View Il vecchio castello (No.2) Arrangement for English horn, bass oboe, heckelphone and bassoon Complete Score
English Horn
Bass Oboe
Heckelphone
Bassoon
View Il vecchio castello (No.2) Arrangement for violin and piano Triton 1932 Complete Score and Violin Part
View Il vecchio castello (No.2) Arrangement for flute and piano
by Gabriel Isenberg
Gabriel Isenberg 1999 Complete Score and Flute Part
View Tuileries (No.3) Arrangement for horn, trumpet and euphonium
by Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt
Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt 2018 Complete Score
Horn (F)
Trumpet (C)
Euphonium
View Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (No.5) Arrangement for horn, trumpet and euphonium
by Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt
Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt 2021 Complete Score
Horn (F)
Trumpet (B)
Euphonium

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeSectionEnsemblePerformersArranged forFiles (click to listen)
View Chiara Bertoglio, piano For Piano (Mussorgsky) Complete Performance
View Alexander Ghindin, piano For Piano (Mussorgsky) Complete Performance
View Mikhail Arkadiev, piano For Piano (Mussorgsky) Complete Performance
Promenade I
1. Gnomus
Promenade II: Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza
2. Il Vecchio Castello
Promenade III: Moderato non tanto, pesamente
3. Tuileries (Dispute d'enfants après jeux)
4. Bydło
Promenade IV: Tranquillo
5. Балет невылупившихся птенцов
6. "Samuel" Goldenberg und "Schmuÿle"
7. Limoges, le marché (La grande nouvelle)
8. Catacombæ (Sepulcrum romanum)
Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
9. Избушка на курьих ножках (Баба-Яга)
10. Богатырские ворота (В стольном городе во Киеве)
View Rudolf Firkušný, piano For Piano (Mussorgsky) Complete Recording
View Philippe Entremont, piano For Piano (Mussorgsky) Complete Performance
View Minnesota Orchestra (orchestra) Antal Doráti, conductor For Orchestra (Ravel) Complete Performance
View New York Philharmonic (orchestra) Leonard Bernstein, conductor For Orchestra (Ravel) Complete Performance
View Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (orchestra) Ernest Ansermet, conductor For Orchestra (Ravel) Complete Recording
View Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra) Walter Goehr, conductor For Orchestra (Ravel) Complete Recording
View Synthesized Complete Katsuhiro Oguri, performer Movements 1-2
Movements 3-6
Movements 7-8
Movements 9-10
View MIDI Selections For Piano solo (Knuth) 1. Promenade
View Synthesized Selections Quinn Mason, performer For Wind Band (Mason) 10. The Great Gate of Kiev
View Synthesized Selections For String Orchestra (Rondeau) 1. Promenade
2. The Troubadour
3. Promenade
4. Children Quarrelling at Play
5. Promenade
6. The Ox-Cart
7. Promenade
8. Chicks
9. The Gnome
10. Rich and Poor
11. The Market Place
12. In the Catacombs
13. The Old Witch
14. The City Gates
View Synthesized Selections For 2 Horns, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones and Tuba (Rondeau) 4 Excerpts - Virtual Performance


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