{"product_id":"night-on-bald-mountain-modest-mussorgsky-9781608742493","title":"Night on Bald Mountain: Study score","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the first Russian tone poems, \u003cem\u003eNight on Bald Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e had its genesis in the late 1850s when Mussorgsky started sketches for the projected opera \u003cem\u003eSt. John's Eve\u003c\/em\u003e (1858), later changed to \u003cem\u003eThe Witch\u003c\/em\u003e (1860) - based upon a scenario about a witches' sabbath on St. John's Eve. These were abandonded by the early 1860s but Mussorgsky contemplated a tone poem using the material featuring piano and orchestra along the lines of Liszt's \u003cem\u003eTotentanz\u003c\/em\u003e. The work was finally completed on St. John's Eve (June 23) of 1867 as an orchestra tone poem entited \u003cem\u003eSt. John's Eve on the Bare Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe symphonic poem was never performed in the composer's lifetime. After rejection for performance, Mussorgsky reworked the material two more times for operatic projects that never materialized. After the composer's death his friend Rimsky-Korsakov produced a new arrangement based on the last version composed for the opera \u003cem\u003eSorochintsy Fair\u003c\/em\u003e, now often regarded as more of a fantasy on themes from the opera. Rimsky's arrangement became very popular, especially after its use in the 1939 Walt Disney film \u003cem\u003eFantasia\u003c\/em\u003e in a highly bowdlerized re-orchestration by Leopold Stowkowski. Rimsky's setting is the work offered here - in an expertly researched edition prepared by Clinton F. Nieweg. Matching full score and orchestral parts are also available from Serenissima Music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Modest Mussorgsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1608742490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781608742493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Petrucci Library Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.17d","brand":"Modest Mussorgsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442436780287,"sku":"9781608742493","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1891b43-9500-43b8-aa2f-97f2edef9879.jpg?v=1777197406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/night-on-bald-mountain-modest-mussorgsky-9781608742493","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}