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Moussorgsky

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

noun

  1. Modest Petrovich 1839–81, Russian composer.


Moussorgsky British  
/ mʊˈsɔːɡskɪ, ˈmusərkskij /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of (Modest Petrovich) Mussorgsky

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Under the able baton of Stanislaw Namyslowski, they began giving a series of concerts in the U. S., playing the works of such Polish masters as Moniuszko, Joteyko, Moszkowski, Moussorgsky, Rozycki, Nowowiejski and Powiadomski.

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What is called for musically is the power and sweep of a Verdi, or the psychological insight of a Moussorgsky.

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Like Clifford Odets, his opposite number in the theatre, Oboler cannot work without music, makes a point of listening to recordings of Beethoven, Moussorgsky, Sibelius and Debussy before settling into the creative groove.

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Ever since titanic, rum-nosed Russian Composer Moussorgsky wrote an innocent little set of piano pieces called Pictures at an Exhibition, other musicians have been busy dressing it up in fancy and irrelevant orchestrations.

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Dostoïevsky always repented in haste only to sin again at leisure; with Moussorgsky it was the same.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James