Mussorgsky

or Mus·sorg·ski

[ moo-sawrg-skee, -zawrg-; Russian moo-suhrg-skyee ]

noun

1. Mo·dest Pe·tro·vich [moh-, dest, pi-, troh, -vich, muh-, dyest, pyi-, traw, -vyich]. Moussorgsky, Modest Petrovich.

Mussorgsky

/ mʊˈsɔːɡskɪ; ˈmusərkskij /

noun

1. MussorgskyModest Petrovich18391881MRussianMUSIC: composer Modest Petrovich (maˈdɛst pɪˈtrɔvitʃ). 1839–81, Russian composer. He translated inflections of speech into melody in such works as the song cycle Songs and Dances of Death (1875–77) and the opera Boris Godunov (1874). His other works include Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) for piano