Composition: Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky, Modest)

Title Night on Bald Mountain
Alternative title St. John's Night on Bare Mountain, Иванова ночь на Лысой горе
Creators Modest Mussorgsky (composer)
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Instrumentation orchestra
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Composed 1867
First published 1886
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Composition types Symphonic poems
Period Romantic
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
view Revision by(1886) theater orchestra Josef Németi
view Revision by(1886) concert band P.G. Saganski
view Revision by(1886) piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns and double bass Patrick Clements
view Revision by(1886) 6 cellos Gwyn Seymour
view Revision by(1886) piano 4 hands Nikolay Artsybushev
view Revision by(1886) piano Konstantin Chernov

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File
view Original Version (1867) — Muzgiz 1967 Complete Score · view
view Original Version (1867) — — — Complete Score · view
view Revision by(1886) — Bessel 1886 Complete Score · view
view Revision by(1886) — Muzgiz — Complete Score · view
view Revision by(1886) — — — Complete Score · view
view Original Version (1867) parts — — Complete Parts (except percussion) · view
Percussion (Bass Drum, Cymbals, Snare, Tam-Tam, Tambourine, Triangle) · view
view Revision by(1886) parts Bessel 1886 Complete Parts · view
view Revision by(1886) parts Bessel 1886 Flute 1, 2, Piccolo · view
Oboe 1, 2 · view
Clarinet 1, 2 (B, A) · view
Bassoon 1, 2 · view
Horn 1/2, 3/4 (F) · view
Trumpet 1, 2 (B) · view
Trombone 1, 2, 3, Tuba · view
Timpani, Bass Drum/Cymbals/Tam-Tam, Bell · view
Harp · view
Violins I · view
Violins II · view
Violas · view
Cellos / Basses · view
view Revision by(1886) parts Bessel — Cellos · view
Cellos (cleaned and cropped) · view
Basses · view
view Revision by(1886) Arrangement for theater orchestra
by Josef Németi
 Otto Junne 1925 Condensed Score and Parts · view
view Revision by(1886) Arrangement for concert band
by P.G. Saganski
 P.G. Saganski 2016 Complete Score · view
view Revision by(1886) Arrangement for piccolo, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns and double bass
by Patrick Clements
 Patrick Clements 2018 Complete Score · view
Complete Parts · view
view Revision by(1886) Arrangement for 6 cellos
by Gwyn Seymour
 — — Complete Score · view
Cello 1 · view
Cello 2 · view
Cello 3 · view
Cello 4 · view
Cello 5 · view
Cello 6 · view
view Revision by(1886) Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Nikolay Artsybushev
 Bessel 1886 Complete Score · view
view Revision by(1886) Arrangement for piano
by Konstantin Chernov
 Bessel — Complete Score · view
view Revision by(1886) Arrangement for piano
by Konstantin Chernov
 Hamelle — Complete Score · view
view Revision by(1886) Arrangement for piano
by Konstantin Chernov
 Breitkopf und Härtel — Complete Score · view

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeSectionEnsemblePerformersArranged forFiles
view Synthesized Revision by(1886) — Anthony Holland (conductor) For Orchestra Complete Performance · file
view Synthesized Revision by(1886) London Symphony Orchestra (orchestra) Antal Doráti (conductor) For Orchestra Complete Performance · file
view Synthesized Revision by(1886) London Symphony Orchestra (orchestra) Antal Doráti (conductor) For Orchestra Complete Perfomance · file
view Synthesized Revision by(1886) — Chiara Bertoglio (piano) For Piano solo (Chernov) Complete Performance · file
view Synthesized Synthesized Revision by(1886) — The Synthonic Orchestra (performer) — Synthesized Performance · file
view Synthesized Synthesized Revision by(1886) — Quinn Mason (performer) — Synthesized Performance · file
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