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Moussorgsky

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

noun

  1. Mo·dest Pe·tro·vich [moh-, dest, pi-, troh, -vich, muh-, dyest, pyi-, traw, -vyich], 1839–81, Russian composer.


Moussorgsky

/ mʊˈsɔːɡskɪ; ˈmusərkskij /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of (Modest Petrovich) Mussorgsky


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Thus Moussorgsky, with all his ugliness, speaks a new idiom.

Moussorgsky's style is blood-brother to the spoken language, is indeed as much the Russian language as music can be.

To a large degree, it is the change of times that has advanced and appreciated the art of Moussorgsky.

Moussorgsky was buoyed by the great force of the Russian charity, the Russian humility, the Russian pity.

And then, Moussorgsky's operas, "Boris" in particular, are dramatically swifter than most of Wagner's.

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