Moussorgsky

American

[moo-sawrg-skee, -zawrg-, moo-suhrk-skyee] / mʊˈsɔrg ski, -ˈzɔrg-, ˈmu sərk skyi /

Also Moussorgski,

noun

Modest Petrovich 1839–81, Russian composer.

Moussorgsky British

/ mʊˈsɔːɡskɪ, ˈmusərkskij /

noun

a variant spelling of (Modest Petrovich) Mussorgsky

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And it was on such grounds that these sincere music lovers believed that they must justify their enthusiasm—quick and spontaneous though it was—for works of a Moussorgsky!

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It was disturbing to Terry, who was reading Moussorgsky.

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In both of Moussorgsky's familiar operas, for example, the leading part is destined for a bass voice.

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A single page of Moussorgsky or Strawinsky shows more originality, more potential greatness than the complete scores of Mahler and Reger.

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So the musical baggage which is carried by Moussorgsky down the corridor of time is not large.

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