Mussorgsky in Words and Music (Written by Davinia Caddy)

#ads Get premium access to stream any unabridged audiobook by starting your free trial:https://mediabooks.space/il-3886/Title: Mussorgsky in Words and Music Author: Davinia Caddy Narrator: Nicholas Boulton Format: mp3 Length: 1 hr and 5 mins Release date: 11-18-23 Ratings: 4.0 out of 5 stars, 1 rating Genres: History & Criticism Publisher's Summary: The Great Gate of Kiev resounds to the tumultuous bell rings that end Pictures an an Exhibition, one of the most magnificent and virtuosic of all piano pieces. However, to some of his contemporaries, Modest Mussorgsky was ‘insane’ and ‘a perfect idiot’. Born into a wealthy land-owning family, what drove this tormented man and why did he suffer psychological breakdowns and alcoholism? How did he achieve his command of the realist idiom in his stage works? d, of course, Pictures at an Exhibition.