List of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky explained

The following is a list of compositions by Russian composer, Modest Mussorgsky.

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Note: The publication date is the first known date of publication, regardless of edition or fidelity to the composer's original score.

Category TitleTranslationStartEndText BasisStatusPub.Publisher
Opera Han d'Island Hans of Iceland1856 1856 Projected - -
Opera Эдип в Афинах Oedipus in Athens1858 1861 Unfinished 1883
Opera Саламбо (or Ливиец) Salammbô
(or The Libyan) 		1863 1866-04-10 Unfinished 1939 Muzgiz
Opera Женитьба Marriage 1868-06-11 1868-07-08 Unfinished 1908 Bessel
Opera Борис Годунов Boris Godunov 1868-10 1869-12-15 Initial Version 1928 Muzsektor
Opera Бобыль The Landless Peasant1870 1870 Projected - -
Opera Борис Годунов Boris Godunov1871 1872-06-23 Pushkin Revision 1874 Bessel
Opera-Ballet Млада Mlada 1872 1872 Unfinished 1931 Muzgiz
Opera Хованщина Khovanshchina 1872-06 1880 Mussorgsky Unfinished 1883 Bessel
Opera Сорочинская ярмарка The Fair at Sorochyntsi 1874 1880 Gogol Unfinished 1916 Bessel
Opera Пугачёвщина Pugachovshchina1877 1877 Pushkin Projected - -
Orchestra Скерцо B-dur Scherzo in B major 1858 1858 - Orchestration 1883 Bessel
Orchestra Alla marcia notturna Alla marcia notturna (like a nocturnal march) 1861 1861 - -
Orchestra Симфония D-dur Symphony in D major 1861 1862 - Lost - -
Orchestra Иванова ночь на лысой горе Night on Bald Mountain 1866 1867 - 1968
Orchestra Intermezzo symphonique in modo classico Symphonic Intermezzo in the Classic Style 1867 1867 - Revision 1883 Bessel
Orchestra Подибрад чешский Podebrad of Bohemia1867 1867 - Projected - -
Orchestra Взятие Карса The Capture of Kars1880 1880 - 1883 Bessel
Orchestra Большая сюита на среднеазиатские темыGrand Suite on Central Asian Themes (Transcaucasian Suite) 1880 1880 - Projected - -
Piano Полька "Подпрапорщик" Porte-enseigne (Polka) 1852 1852 - 1852 Bernard
Piano Souvenir d'Enfance Souvenir of Childhood1857 1857 - 1911 Bessel
Piano Соната Es-dur Sonata in E major 1858 1858 - Lost - -
Piano Соната fis-moll Sonata in F minor 1858 1858 - Lost - -
Piano Скерцо cis-mollScherzo in C minor 1858 1858 - Initial Version 1911 Bessel
Piano Скерцо cis-mollScherzo in C minor 1858 1858 - Revision 1939 Muzgiz
Piano Скерцо B-durScherzo in B major 1858 1858 -
Piano Duet Персидский хор из оперы "Руслан и Людмила" Persian Chorus from the Opera Ruslan and Lyudmila1858 1858 - Arrangement (Glinka)
Piano Duet Souvenir d'une nuit d'été à Madrid Souvenir of a Summer Night in Madrid1858 1858 - Arrangement (Glinka)
Piano Импровизация Impromptu 1859 1859 - Initial Version 1939 Muzgiz
Piano Импровизация апассионато (Воспоминание о Бельтове и Любе) Passionate Impromptu (Recollection of Beltov and Lyuba) 1859 1859 - Revision 1911 Bessel
Piano Ein Kinderscherz Children's Games1860 1860 - 1873 Bitner
Piano Ein Kinderscherz (Детские игры-уголки) Children's Games1859 1859 - 1934 Muzgiz
Piano Duet Увертюра на темы трех русских песен Overture on the Themes of Three Russian Songs 1860 1860 - Arrangement (Balakirev)
Piano Duet Король Лир, музыка к трагедии Шекспира King Lear, music to Shakespeare's Tragedy 1860 1860 - Arrangement (Balakirev)
Piano Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 59, No. 3Andante, from String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 1859 1859 - Arrangement (Beethoven)
Piano DuetСоната C-dur Sonata in C major 1860 1860 - Unfinished
Piano Preludium in modo classico Prelude in the Classic Style 1860 1860 - Lost - -
Piano Intermezzo in modo classico Intermezzo in the Classic Style 1860 1861 - Initial Version 1873Bitner
Piano Intermezzo in modo classico Intermezzo in the Classic Style 1867 1867 - Revision 1939 Muzgiz
Piano Menuet monstre Menuet monstre1861 1861 - Lost - -
Piano Duet Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 130 String Quartet in B major, Op. 130 1862 1862 - Arrangement (Beethoven)
Piano Грузинская песня Georgian Song1862 1862 - Arrangement (Balakirev) 1862 Stellovsky
Piano Duet Ромео и Джульетта Romeo and Juliet1862 1862 - Arrangement (Berlioz)
Piano Из воспоминаний детства From Memories of Childhood1865 1865 - 1934 Muzgiz
Piano Дума Rêverie1865 1865 - 1911 Bessel
Piano La Capricieuse La Capricieuse1865 1865 - 1939 Muzgiz
Piano Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 59, No. 2 Allegretto, from String Quartet in e minor, Op. 59, No. 2 1867 1867 - Arrangement (Beethoven)
Piano Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 131 Presto, from String Quartet in C minor, Op. 131 1867 1867 - Arrangement (Beethoven)
Piano Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 135 Lento and Vivace, from String Quartet in F major, Op. 135 1867 1867 - Arrangement (Beethoven)
Piano Швея (скерцино)The Seamstress (Scherzino) 1871 1871 - 1872 Bernard
Piano Картинки с выставки Pictures at an Exhibition 1874-06-02 1874-06-22 - 1886 Bessel
Piano Буря на черном море Storm on the Black Sea1879 1879 - Lost - -
Piano Близ южного берега Крыма (Байдарки)Near the Southern Shore of the Crimea (Baydarki) 1880 1880 - 1880 Bernard
Piano На южном берегу Крыма (Гурзуф у Аю-Дага) On the Southern Shore of the Crimea (Gurzuf at Ayu-Dag) 1880 1880 - 1880 Bernard
Piano Méditation (feuillet d'album) Meditation (Album Leaf) 1880 1880 - 1880 Bernard
Piano Une Larme A Tear1880 1880 - 1880 Bernard
Piano Au Village (Quasi Fantasia) In the Village (Quasi Fantasia) 1880 1880 - 1882
Piano Ярмарочная сцена из оперы "Сорочинская ярмарка" Fair Scene from the opera Sorochyntsi Fair1880 1880 - Arrangement (Mussorgsky) 1939 Muzgiz
Piano Гопак веселых паробков из оперы "Сорочинская ярмарка" Gopak of the Merry Lads from the opera Sorochyntsi Fair1880 1880 - Arrangement (Mussorgsky) 1939 Muzgiz
Chorus Марш Шамиля Shamil's March1859 1859-10-11 Projected - -
Chorus Поражение Сеннахериба 1866 1867 Initial Version 1871 Bitner
Chorus Поражение Сеннахериба The Destruction of Sennacherib1874 1874 Byron Revision 1939 Muzgiz
Chorus Иисус Навин Iisus Navin (Joshua) 1874 1877-07-02 The Bible 1883 Bessel
Chorus Вокализы для трех женских голосов Vocalises for three women's voices 1880 1880 -
Chorus Пять Русских народных песен Five Russian Folksongs 1880 1880 Anonymous Unfinished
Song Сельская песня "Rustic Song" 1857 1857-04-18 Initial Version 1911 Bessel
Song Где ты, звёздочка? "Where Art Thou, Little Star?" 1858-06-03 1858-06-04 Grekov Orchestration
Song Где ты, звёздочка? "Where Art Thou, Little Star?" 1863-66 1863-66 Grekov Revision
Song Meines Herzens Sehnsucht "Thou Longing of My Heart"1858 1858-09-06 Anonymous 1907
Song Отчего, скажи, душа-девица "Tell Me Why, Fair Maiden" 1858 1858-07-31 Anonymous 1867 Iogansen
Song Весёлый час "The Joyous Hour" 1858-59 1858-59 Initial Version
Song Весёлый час "The Joyous Hour" 1863-66 1863-66 Koltsov Revision 1923 Bessel
Song Листья шумели уныло "Leaves Rustled Sadly" 1859 1859 1911 Bessel
Song Что вам слова любви? "What are Words of Love to You?" 1860 1860 Ammosov 1923 Bessel
Song Много есть у меня теремов и садов "Many Are My Palaces and Gardens" 1863 1863 Koltsov 1923 Bessel
Song Песнь старца "Old Man's Song" 1863 1863-08-13 1911 Bessel
Song Царь Саул "Tsar Saul" 1863 1863 Byron Initial Version
Song Царь Саул "Tsar Saul" 1863 1863 Byron Revision 1871 Bessel
Song Но если-бы с тобою я встретиться могла "But If I Could Meet Thee" 1863 1863-08-15 1923 Bessel
Song Дуют ветры, ветры буйные "The Winds Blow, the Wild Winds" 1864 1864-03-28 Koltsov 1911 Bessel
Song Калистратушка "Kalistratushka" 1864 1864-05-22 Initial Version
Song Калистрат "Kalistrat" 1864 1864 Nekrasov Revision
Song Ночь "Night" 1864 1864-04-10 Pushkin Initial Version
Song Ночь "Night" 1868 1868 Pushkin Revision 1871 Bessel
Song Duet Ogni sabato (Canto Popolare Toscano) "Every Saturday" (Tuscan Popular Song) 1864 1864 Arrangement (Gordigiani)1931
Song Молитва "A Prayer" 1865 1865-02-02 1923 Bessel
Song Отверженная (Опыт речитатива) "The Outcast [Woman]" (An essay in recitative) 1865 1865-06-05 Holz-Miller 1923 Bessel
Song Колыбельная песня "Cradle Song" 1865 1865-09-05 Initial version
Song Спи, усни, крестьянский сын "Sleep, Go to Sleep, Peasant Son" 1865 1865 Ostrovsky Revision 1871 Bessel
Song Малютка "Little One" 1866 1866-01-07 Pleshcheyev 1923 Bessel
Song Желание "Desire" 1866-04-15 1866-04-16 1911
Song Из слёз моих "From My Tears" 1866 1866 Heine
Song Светик Савишна "Darling Savishna" 1866 1866-09-02 Mussorgsky 1867 Iogansen
Song Ах, ты, пьяная тетеря "Ah, You Drunken Sot" 1866 1866 Mussorgsky 1926
Song Семинарист "The Seminarist" 1866 1866 Mussorgsky 1870 Benicke
Song Гопак "Gopak" 1866 1866-08-31 Initial Version
Song Гопак "Gopak" 1868 1868 Shevchenko Revision 1868 Iogansen
Song Песнь Ярёмы "Yaryoma's Song" 1866 1866 Shevchenko Lost - -
Song На Днепре "On the Dnieper" 1879 1879-12-23 Shevchenko Revision 1888
Song Еврейская песня "Hebrew Song" 1867 1867-06-12 1868 Iogansen
Song Стрекотунья-белобока "Magpie Whitesides" 1867 1867-08-26 Pushkin 1871 Bessel
Song По грибы "Gathering Mushrooms" 1867 1867-08 Mey 1868 Iogansen
Song Пирушка "The Banquet" (or The Feast)1867 1867-09 Koltsov 1868 Iogansen
Song Озорник "The Urchin" (or The Ragamuffin) 1867 1867-12-19 Mussorgsky 1871 Bessel
Song Светская сказочка (Козёл) "A Society Tale (The Goat)" 1867 1867-12-23 Mussorgsky 1868 Iogansen
Song По над Доном сад цветёт "A Garden by the Don Blooms" 1867 1867-12-23 Koltsov 1883 Bessel
Song Классик "The Classicist" 1867 1867-12-30 Mussorgsky 1870 Arngold
Song Сиротка "The Orphan" 1868 1868-04-06 Mussorgsky 1871 Bessel
Song Колыбельная Ерёмушки "Yeryomushka's Lullaby" 1868 1868-03-16 Nekrasov 1871 Bessel
Song Детская песенка "A Child's Song" 1868 1868 Mey 1871 Bessel
Song Cycle Детская The Nursery1868 1870 Mussorgsky 1872 Bessel
Song С няней "With Nanny" 1868 1868-04-26 Mussorgsky Part of a cycle 1872 Bessel
Song В углу "In the Corner" 1870 1870-09-30 Mussorgsky Part of a cycle 1871 Bessel
Song Жук "The Beetle" 1870 1870-10-18 Mussorgsky Part of a cycle 1871 Bessel
Song С куклой "With the Doll" 1870 1870-12-18 Mussorgsky Part of a cycle 1871 Bessel
Song На сон грядущий "At Bedtime" 1870 1870-12-18 Mussorgsky Part of a cycle 1872 Bessel
Song Cycle На даче At the Dacha1872 1872 Mussorgsky Unfinished 1882 Bessel
Song Поехал на палочке "Ride on a Stick-Horse" 1872 1872-09-15 Mussorgsky Part of a cycle 1882 Bessel
Song Кот Матрос "The Cat 'Sailor'" 1872 1872-08-15 Mussorgsky Part of a cycle 1882 Bessel
Song Раёк "The Gallery
(The Peep-Show)" 		1870 1870-06-15 Mussorgsky 1871 Bessel
Song Вечерняя песенка "Evening Song" 1871 1871-03-15 Pleshcheyev 1912 Bessel
Song Cycle Без солнца Sunless1874 1874-08-25 1874 Bessel
Song В четырёх стенах "Within Four Walls" 1874 1874-05-07 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1874 Bessel
Song Меня в толпе ты не узнала "Thou Didst Not Know Me in the Crowd" 1874 1874-05-19 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1874 Bessel
Song Окончен праздный шумный день "The Idle Noisy Day is Ended" 1874 1874-05-20 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1874 Bessel
Song Скучай "Be Bored" 1874 1874-06-02 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1874 Bessel
Song Элегия "Elegy" 1874 1874-08-19 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1874 Bessel
Song Над рекой "On the River" 1874 1874-08-25 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1874 Bessel
Song Забытый "Forgotten" 1874 1874 Golenishchev-Kutuzov 1874 Bessel
Song Надгробное письмо "The Epitaph" 1874 1874 Mussorgsky Unfinished 1912 Bessel
Song Крапивная Гора "Nettle Mountain" 1874 1874 Mussorgsky Unfinished 1939 Muzgiz
Song Cycle Песни и пляски смерти Songs and Dances of Death1875 1877 Golenishchev-Kutuzov 1882 Bessel
Song Колыбельная "Lullaby" 1875 1875-04-14 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1882 Bessel
Song Серенада "Serenade" 1875 1875-05-11 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1882 Bessel
Song Трепак "Trepak" 1875 1875-02-17 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1882 Bessel
Song Полководец "The Field-Marshal" 1877 1877-06-05 Golenishchev-Kutuzov Part of a cycle 1882 Bessel
Song Непонятная "The Misunderstood One" 1875 1875-12-21 Mussorgsky 1911 Bessel
Song Не божиим громом горе ударило "Not Like Thunder from Heaven" 1877 1877-03-05 1882 Bessel
Song Горними тихо летела душа небесами "Softly the Spirit Flew up to Heaven" 1877 1877-03-09 Tolstoy 1882 Bessel
Song Ой, честь ли то молодцу лён прясти "Is It an Honor for a Young Man to Weave Flax?" 1877 1877-03-20 Tolstoy 1882 Bessel
Song Рассевается, расступается "It Scatters and Breaks" 1877 1877-03-21 Tolstoy 1882 Bessel
Song Видение "The Vision" 1877 1877-04-07 Golenishchev-Kutuzov 1882 Bessel
Song Спесь "Pride" 1877-05-15 1877-05-16 Tolstoy 1882 Bessel
Song Странник "The Wanderer" 1878 1878 1883 Bessel
Song Песня Мефистофеля в погребке Ауэрбаха (Песня о блохе) "Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Cellar (Song of the Flea)" 1879 1879 Goethe 1883

Detailed list by category

Operas

TitleStartEndNotes
Han of Iceland1856 1856 Projected; to be based on the novel Han d'Islande (1823) by Victor Hugo
Oedipus in Athens1858 1860 Unfinished; based on the tragedy Oedipus in Athens (1804) by Vladislav Ozerov; only one number survives - 'Scene in the Temple: Chorus of the People'
Salammbô 1863 1866 Unfinished; based on the novel Salammbô (1862) by Gustave Flaubert
Marriage 1868 1868 Unfinished; Act I only (4 scenes); piano-vocal score; based on the comedy Marriage (1842) by Nikolai Gogol; Rimsky-Korsakov edition published in 1908; composer's version published in 1933
Boris Godunov 1868-10 1869-12-15 Original version; based on the drama Boris Godunov (1825) by Alexander Pushkin
Bobïl1870 1870 Projected; to be based on the drama Hans und Grete (1868) by Friedrich Spielhagen; Marfa's Divination from Khovanshchina derives from sketches for this work
Boris Godunov 1871 1872 Revised version; based on the drama Boris Godunov (1825) by Alexander Pushkin; minor revisions in 1873
Mlada 1872 1872 Unfinished; libretto by Viktor Krïlov; collaborative work with Cui, Minkus, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin;
Khovanshchina 1872 1880 Unfinished; libretto by Mussorgsky; based on historical accounts
The Fair at Sorochyntsi 1874 1880 Unfinished; based on the short story Sorochyntsi Fair, from Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1832) by Nikolai Gogol
Pugachovshchina1877 1877 Projected; possibly to be based on the novel The Captain's Daughter (1836) by Alexander Pushkin

Orchestral works

TitleStartEndNotes
Scherzo in B major 1858 1858 Originally for piano
Alla marcia notturna 1861 1861
Symphony in D major 1861 1862 Lost, unfinished: Andante, Scherzo, and Finale only
Night on Bald Mountain1867 1867 Tone poem; recast for orchestra and chorus as 'Glorification of Chornobog' for inclusion in the collaborative opera Mlada (1872), and again as 'Dream Vision of the Peasant Lad' in the opera Sorochyntsi Fair (1880)
Intermezzo symphonique in modo classico 1867 1867 Originally for piano; trio added
Podebrad of Bohemia1867 1867 Projected; based on the life of George of Poděbrady
The Capture of Kars (March) 1880 1880 Occasional piece commemorating the Siege of Kars (1855)
Transcaucasian Suite1880 1880 Projected; for orchestra, harps, and piano

Piano works

TitleStartEndNotes
Polka Flag-Bearer (Подпрапорщик or Porte-enseigne)”1852 1852
Souvenir of Childhood1857 1857 edition by V. Karatygin (1911)
Sonata in E major 1858 1858 lost; was unfinished: Scherzo and Finale only
Sonata in F minor 1858 1858 lost
Scherzo in C minor 1858 1858 edition by V. Karatygin (1911)
Scherzo in B major 1858 1858 orchestrated
Souvenir of a Summer Night in Madrid1858 1858 arrangement for piano 4-hands of the Fantasia on Spanish Themes (Souvenir d'une nuit d'été à Madrid, 1848) by Mikhail Glinka
Passionate Impromptu (Recollection of Beltov and Lyuba) 1859 1859 inspired by the novel Who is to Blame? (1847) by Aleksandr Gertsen (Herzen)
King Lear, Music to Shakespeare's Tragedy 1859 1860 arrangement for piano 4-hands of the overture and entr'actes to the incidental music King Lear by Mily Balakirev
Andante, from String Quartet in C major 1859 1859 arrangement for piano solo of the 2nd movement of the String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, by Ludwig van Beethoven
Children's Game: Corners (уголки)1859 1859 original
Children's Game: Corners (уголки)1860 1860 revised version
Overture on the Themes of Three Russian Songs 1860 1860 arrangement for piano 4-hands of the Overture on the Themes of Three Russian Songs (1858) by Mili Balakirev
Sonata (Allegro assai in C Major — Scherzo in C Minor) for Piano 4-Hands1860 1860 unfinished; scherzo is based on the Scherzo in C minor (1858)
Prelude in the Classic Style 1860 1860 lost
Intermezzo in the Classic Style 1860 1861 orchestrated in 1867
Menuet Monstre 1861 1861 lost
Georgian Song1862 1862 arrangement of the orchestral accompaniment to the song by Balakirev
String Quartet in B major 1862 1862 arrangement for two pianos, eight hands, of the String Quartet in B major, Op. 130, by Ludwig van Beethoven; finale incomplete
Romeo and Juliet1862 1862 arrangement for piano 4-hands of two numbers from Roméo et Juliette by Hector Berlioz:
• Бал у Капулетти (Ball at the Capulets)
• Королева Маб (Queen Mab)
From Memories of Childhood1865 1865 two numbers:
• Няня и я (Nanny and I)
• Няня запирает меня в темную комнату (Первое наказание), or Nanny Shuts Me In a Dark Room (First Punishment)
Rêverie1865 1865 on a theme by V. Loginov
La Capricieuse1865 1865 on a theme by L. Geyden (Heyden)
Allegretto, from String Quartet in e minor 1867 1867 arrangement for piano solo of the 3rd movement of the String Quartet in e minor, Op. 59, No. 2, by Ludwig van Beethoven
Presto, from String Quartet in C minor 1867 1867 arrangement for piano solo of the 5th movement of the String Quartet in C minor, Op. 131, by Beethoven
Vivace and Lento, from String Quartet in F major 1867 1867 arrangement for piano solo of the 2nd and 3rd movements of the String Quartet in F major, Op. 135, by Beethoven
Scherzino “La couturière (Швея, or The Seamstress)”1871 1871
Pictures at an Exhibition (Картинки с выставки)1874 1874 edition by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov (1886)
Storm on the Black Sea1879 1879 lost
On Crimea’s South Coast (На южном берегу Крыма)1880 1880 inspired by a visit to Gurzuf at Ayu-Dag in Crimea
Capriccio “Near Crimea’s South Coast (Близ южного берега Крыма)”1880 1880 also known as the Baydarki Capriccio
Méditation (Размышление)1880 1880
Une larme (Слеза, or A Tear)1880 1880
Quasi fantasia “Au village (В деревне)”1880 1880
Fair Scene from the opera Sorochyntsi Fair 1880 1880 arrangement of the Fair Scene from The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1880)
Gopak of the Merry Lads from the opera Sorochyntsi Fair1880 1880 arrangement of the Gopak from The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1880)

Choral works

TitleStartEndNotes
Shamil's March1859 1859 Projected; for tenor, baritone, chorus, and orchestra
The Destruction of Sennacherib1866 1867 Original version; for chorus and orchestra; based on The Destruction of Sennacherib from Hebrew Melodies (1815)
The Destruction of Sennacherib1874 1874 Revised version; for chorus and orchestra; based on The Destruction of Sennacherib from Hebrew Melodies (1815)
Iisus Navin1874 1877-07-02 Also known as Joshua; for alto, baritone, chorus, and piano; based on a biblical text; orchestral edition by Rimsky-Korsakov published in 1883
Three Vocalises 1880 1880 For three-part female voices:• Andante cantabile
• Largo
• Andante giusto
Five Russian Folksongs 1880 1880 For four-part male voices; No.4 with 2 solo tenors; No.5 incomplete:• Скажи, девица милая ("Tell Me, Dear Maiden")
• Ты взойди, взойди солнце красное ("Rise, Rise Thou Fair Sun")
• У ворот, ворот батюшкиных ("At the Gates, Father's Gates")
• Уж ты, воля, моя воля ("Oh Thou, Freedom, My Freedom")
• Плывет, восплывает, зеленый садок ("A Green Garden Floats")

Songs

TitleStartEndNotes
"Rustic Song" 1857 1857-04-18 Original version of the song Where Art Thou, Little Star? (1863–1866); based on a text by Nikolay Grekov; orchestrated on 1858-06-03
"Where Art Thou, Little Star?" 1858-06-03 1858-06-04 Orchestrated version of the song Rustic Song (1857); based on a text by Nikolay Grekov
"Thou Longing of My Heart"1858 1858 Based on a text by an anonymous author; German text; a wedding present for Malvina Bamberg, César Cui's bride; manuscript lost; published in 1907
"Tell Me Why, Fair Maiden" 1858 1858-07-31 Based on a text by an anonymous author
"The Joyous Hour" 1858 1859 Original version, revised in 1859; based on a text by Aleksey Koltsov
"Leaves Rustled Sadly" 1859 1859 Original version, revised in 1863-1866; based on a text by Aleksey Pleshcheyev
"What Are Words of Love to You?" 1860 1860 Original version, revised in 1863-1866; based on a text by A. Ammosov
"The Joyous Hour" 1863 1866 Revised version, originally composed in 1858-1859; based on a text by Aleksey Koltsov; published in Paris (1923)
"Leaves Rustled Sadly" 1863 1866 Revised version, original composed in 1859; based on a text by Aleksey Pleshcheyev
"What Are Words of Love to You?" 1863 1866 Revised version, original version composed in 1860; based on a text by A. Ammosov; published in Paris (1923)
"Many Are My Palaces and Gardens" 1863 1863 Based on a text by Aleksey Koltsov
"Old Man's Song" 1863 1863
"Tsar Saul" 1863 1863
"But If I Could Meet Thee Again" 1863 1863 Based on a text by Vasily Kurochkin
"Where Art Thou, Little Star?" 1863-66 1863-66 Revised version of the song Rustic Song (1858); based on a text by Nikolay Grekov
"The Winds Blow, the Wild Winds" 1864 1864 Based on a text by Aleksey Koltsov; published in Paris (1909)
"Night" 1864 1864 Original version, revised in 1868; based on a text by Aleksandr Pushkin;
"Kalistratushka" 1864 1864 Original version of the song Kalistrat; based on a text by Nikolay Nekrasov
"Kalistrat" 1864 1864 Revised version of the song Kalistratushka; based on a text by Nikolay Nekrasov;
"Every Saturday (Tuscan Popular Song)" 1864 1864 Arrangement of the song Ogni sabato avresti il lume acceso (1853) by Luigi Gordigiani; for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and piano
"A Prayer" 1865 1865 Based on a text by Mikhail Lermontov
"The Outcast [Woman]" (An essay in recitative) 1865 1865 Based on a text by Holz-Miller
"Cradle Song" 1865 1865 Original version of Sleep, Go to Sleep, Peasant Son; based on a text by Aleksandr Ostrovsky
"Sleep, Go to Sleep, Peasant Son" 1865 1865 Revised version of Cradle Song; based on a text by Aleksandr Ostrovsky
"Little One" 1866 1866-01-07 Based on a text by Aleksey Pleshcheyev
"Desire" 1866-04-15 1866-04-16 Based on a text by Heinrich Heine, Ich wollt' meine Schmerzen ergössen
"From My Tears" 1866 1866 Based on a text by Heinrich Heine, Aus meinen Tränen
"Darling Savishna" 1866 1866 Text by Mussorgsky
"Ah, You Drunken Sot" 1866 1866 Text by Mussorgsky
"The Seminarist" 1866 1866 Text by Mussorgsky
"Hopak" 1866 1866 Original version, revised in 1868; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Taras Shevchenko, translated by Lev Mey
"Yaryoma's Song" 1866 1866 Lost; original version of On the Dnieper; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Taras Shevchenko, translated by Lev Mey
"Hebrew Song" 1867 1867 Based on a text by Lev Mey
"Magpie Whitesides" 1867 1867 Based on a text by Aleksandr Pushkin
"Gathering Mushrooms" 1867 1867 Based on a text by Lev Mey
"The Banquet" (or The Feast)1867 1867 Based on a text by Aleksey Koltsov
"The Urchin" (or The Ragamuffin) 1867 1867 Text by Mussorgsky
"A Society Tale" (The Goat) 1867 1867 Text by Mussorgsky
"A Garden by the Don Blooms" 1867 1867-12-23 Ballad; composed 23 December 1867 in Saint Petersburg; based on a text by Aleksey Koltsov; published in 1883 by Bessel
"The Classicist" 1867 1867-12-30 Musical pamphlet ("In response to a remark by [Aleksandr] Famintsïn regarding the heresy of the Russian school"); composed 30 December 1867 in Saint Petersburg; text by Mussorgsky; published in 1870 by Arngold; dedicated to Nadezhda Opochinin
"Night" 1868 1868 Revised version, original composed in 1864; based on a text by Aleksandr Pushkin;
"Hopak" 1868 1868 Revised version, original composed in 1866; orchestrated; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Taras Shevchenko, translated by Lev Mey
"The Orphan" 1868 1868 Text by Mussorgsky
"Yeryomushka's Lullaby" 1868 1868 Based on a text by Nikolay Nekrasov
"A Child's Song" 1868 1868 Based on a text by Lev Mey
The Nursery 1868 1872 Text by Mussorgsky; cycle of 7 songs
"With Nanny" 1868 1868-04-26 Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
"In the Corner" 1870 1870-09-30 Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
"The Beetle" 1870 1870-10-18 Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
"With the Doll" 1870 1870-12-18 Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
"Going to Sleep" 1870 1870 Text by Mussorgsky; part of The Nursery
"The Peep-Show" 1870 1870 Text by Mussorgsky; satire
"Evening Song" 1871 1871 Based on a text by Aleksey Pleshcheyev
At the Dacha 1872 1881 Text by Mussorgsky; unfinished cycle of songs; the two songs completed were later included in The Nursery
"Ride on a Stick-Horse" 1872 1872-09-15 Text by Mussorgsky; part of At the Dacha
"The Cat 'Sailor'" 1872 1872-08-15 Text by Mussorgsky; part of At the Dacha
Sunless 1874 1874 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; cycle of 6 songs
"Within Four Walls" 1874 1874 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Sunless
"Thou Didst Not Know Me in the Crowd" 1874 1874 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Sunless
"The Idle Noisy Day is Ended" 1874 1874 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Sunless
"Boredom" (or Ennui) 1874 1874 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Sunless
"Elegy" 1874 1874 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Sunless
"Over the River" 1874 1874 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Sunless
"Forgotten" 1874 1874 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; inspired by the painting Forgotten (1872) by Vasiliy Vereshchagin
"Evil Death (The Epitaph)" 1874 1874 Text by Mussorgsky; unfinished
"Nettle Mountain" 1874-08-10 1874 Text by Mussorgsky; unfinished; satire
Songs and Dances of Death 1875 1877 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; cycle of 4 songs
"Lullaby" 1875 1875 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuz
"Trepak" 1875 1875 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Songs and Dances of Death
"The Misunderstood One" 1875 1875-12-21 Text by Mussorgsky
"The Field-Marshal" 1877 1877 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov; part of Songs and Dances of Death
"Not Like Thunder From Heaven" 1877 1877 Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy
"Softly the Spirit Flew up to Heaven" 1877 1877 Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy
"Pride" 1877 1877 Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy
"Is It an Honor for a Young Man to Weave Flax?" 1877 1877 Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy
"It Scatters and Breaks" 1877 1877 Based on a text by Aleksey Tolstoy
"The Vision" 1877 1877 Based on a text by Arseniy Golenishchev-Kutuzov
"The Wanderer" 1878 1878 Based on Abendlied des Wanderers by Friedrich Rückert, translated by Aleksey Pleshcheyev
"On the Dnieper" 1879 1879 Revised version of Yaryoma's Song; based on the epic poem Gaydamaki (1841) by Taras Shevchenko, translated by Lev Mey
"Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Cellar (Song of the Flea)" 1879 1879 Based on (1808) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, translated by Strugovshchikov

Youthful Years

Youthful Years: A Collection of Romances and Songs (Russian: Юные годы: сборник романсов и песен|translit=Yunïуе godï: sbornik romansov i pesen) is a bound series of 18 manuscripts of songs by Mussorgsky, the existence of which was announced by Charles Malherbe in 1909.

  1. "Where Art Thou, Little Star?"
  2. "The Joyous Hour"
  3. "The Leaves Rustled Sadly"
  4. "Many Are My Palaces and Gardens"
  5. "A Prayer"
  6. "Tell Me Why, Gentle Maiden"
  7. "What Are Words of Love to You?"
  8. "The Winds Blow, Wild Wind"
  9. "But If I Could Meet With Thee"
  10. "Little One"
  11. "Old Man's Song"
  12. "King Saul"
  13. "Night"
  14. "Kalistrat"
  15. "The Outcast"
  16. "Sleep, Go to Sleep, Peasant Son"
  17. "Song of the Balearic Islander"
  18. "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.

OpusCategoryWorksComposer's remarksNotes
Various• Ein Kinderscherz (1859)
• Scherzo in B major for orchestra (1859)
• Intermezzo (1861)
• Scherzino (1872)
Choral• The Destruction of Sennacherib (1867)
• Joshua (1866) 		"Choral" "Jewish" choruses; Joshua (Iisus Navin), completed in 1877, is based on 'War Song of the Libyans' from Salammbô, composed in 1866
Songs• "Hopak" (1866)
• "Gathering Mushrooms" (1867)
• "Yeremushka's Lullaby" (1868)
• "The Peasant's Lullaby" (1865)
• "The Orphan" (1868)
• "The He-Goat" (1867)
Songs• "The Ragamuffin" (1868)
• "The Seminarist" (1866)
• "Savishna" (1866)
Songs• "Night" (1864)
• "King Saul" (1863)
• "The Feast" (1867)
• "Jewish Song" (1867)
• "The Magpie" (1867)
• "A Child's Song" (1868)
Song AlbumThe Nursery (1868-1869):
• "With Nanny"
• "In the Corner"
• "The Cockchafer"
• "Evening Prayer"
• "With the Doll"
OperaMarriage (1868)"An act of Gogol's Marriage"
Songs• "The Classicist" (1867)
• "The Peep-Show" (1869)		Satiric songs
OperaBoris Godunov (1868-1872)
OperaMlada (1873):
• "Market Scene"
• "March of the Princes and Priests"
• "Glorification of Tchernobog"		"Scenes from the opera Mlada (not an opera of mine)" The Mlada numbers were composed in 1872.
PianoPictures at an Exhibition (1874)"In memory of Hartmann"
Song AlbumSunless (1874)"Album of six poems by Count Golenishchef-Kutuzof"
Opera Salammbô (1864-1865)"Studies for the opera Salammbô after Flaubert" Composed in 1863-1866
Song "I'm Riding to Yukka!" (1873) Also known as 'The Hobby-Horse'; part of At the Dacha; later appended to The Nursery; composed in 1872
Song "The Old Believer's Song" (1874)Marfa's song, 'A Maiden Wandered', from Act 3 of Khovanshchina
Song "Forgotten" (1874)"After Vereshchagin"
Song "The Mound of Nettles" (1874)Satiric song; unfinished
Opera Khovanshchina (1874)"Materials for the opera Khovanshchina (a national music drama)"

References

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