The following is a list of compositions by Russian composer, Modest Mussorgsky.
Combined sortable list
Note: The publication date is the first known date of publication, regardless of edition or fidelity to the composer's original score.
Detailed list by category
Operas
Orchestral works
Piano works
Choral works
Songs
Youthful Years
Youthful Years: A Collection of Romances and Songs () is a bound series of 18 manuscripts of songs by Mussorgsky, the existence of which was announced by Charles Malherbe in 1909.
- "Where Art Thou, Little Star?"
- "The Joyous Hour"
- "The Leaves Rustled Sadly"
- "Many Are My Palaces and Gardens"
- "A Prayer"
- "Tell Me Why, Gentle Maiden"
- "What Are Words of Love to You?"
- "The Winds Blow, Wild Wind"
- "But If I Could Meet With Thee"
- "Little One"
- "Old Man's Song"
- "King Saul"
- "Night"
- "Kalistrat"
- "The Outcast"
- "Sleep, Go to Sleep, Peasant Son"
- "Song of the Balearic Islander"
- "Every Saturday"
Opus numbers
Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi provides this list of works with opus numbers, compiled by the composer, prefaced by the following remarks (italics added): "The other catalogue which was sent to Stassof is dated 16 August 1878; but, as it mentions no work composed later than 1874, Andrei Rimsky-Korsakof suggests, rightly, that it must have been compiled some four years earlier. Its only value is that of a biographical curiosity."
Note: The columns 'category' and 'notes', as well as the column headings, have been added for the convenience of the reader. It will be noticed that Calvocoressi's date given in the preceding remarks (16 August 1878) does not match that given below.
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References
Notes
Sources
- Abraham, G., "Modest Musorgsky" in The New Grove: Russian Masters 1, New York: W. W. Norton & Co. (1986)
- Calvocoressi, M.D., Abraham, G., Mussorgsky, 'Master Musicians' Series, London: J.M.Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1946
- Calvocoressi, M. D., Modest Mussorgsky: His Life and Works, London: Rockliff, 1956
- Gordeyeva, Ye. (editor), Kazakova, N. (works list), M. P. Musorgskiy: Letters, 2nd edition, Moscow: Music (publisher), 1984 [ÃÂþÃÂôõõòð, ÃÂ., ÃÂ. ÃÂ. ÃÂÃÂÃÂþÃÂóÃÂúøù: ÃÂøÃÂÃÂüð, ÃÂþÃÂúòð: ÃÂÃÂ÷ÃÂúð, 1984]
- Taruskin, R., Musorgsky: Eight Essays and an Epilogue, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1993
- Unknown compiler, notes to Moussorgsky: Integrale des Melodies CD recording by Boris Christoff, EMI Records Ltd, 1989