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Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich : Tableaux d'une exposition 　"Promenade"

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Music ID : 23131
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：suite
Total Playing Time：1 min 30 sec
Copyright：Public Domain

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Author : Itoh, Midori

Last Updated: January 6, 2019
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

Alternating between 5/4 and 6/4 time signatures, a simple yet powerful theme emerges from the outset. This is based on a Russian mode, and represents "Mussorgsky walking as he visits Hartmann's posthumous exhibition." That is to say, this "Promenade" is subsequently inserted between movements, albeit in varied forms, expressing Mussorgsky's movement from one painting to the next. In the orchestral version, it is also interesting that each "Promenade" is played by different instruments.

Writer: Itoh, Midori

Author : Saitoh, Noriko

Last Updated: January 6, 2019
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

Allegro giusto, nel modo russico, senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto, with a mixture of 5/4 and 6/4 meters. This depicts Mussorgsky walking through Hartmann's posthumous exhibition. This fragment, strongly emphasizing Russian modes, is inserted at various points, undergoing transformations. Initially, only the melody is presented as a single line, after which it is developed with a thick texture layered with octaves and chords.

Writer: Saitoh, Noriko

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