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Music Appreciation

Dash87

(3,220 posts) Sun Jan 20, 2013, 09:53 PM Jan 2013

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Night on Bald Mountain - Mussorgsky

I first heard this at ~ 5 years old on Disney's Fantasia (the original version, split into multiple VCR tapes

). The Disney animation for this was absolutely spectacular, but even better was the music.

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Night on Bald Mountain - Mussorgsky (Original Post) Dash87 Jan 2013 OP

My favorite piece from Mussorgsky TexasTowelie Jan 2013 #1

Incredible composition. klook Jan 2013 #2

Culture time ! dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #3

The choral version is kinda fun too. johnp3907 Feb 2013 #4

TexasTowelie

(111,977 posts)

1. My favorite piece from Mussorgsky

Reply to Dash87 (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 08:40 PM

Jan 2013

is the majestic "The Great Gates of Kiev" in "Pictures at an Exhibition".

It's a shame that he isn't held in wide regard as some of the other Russian composers.

klook

(12,152 posts)

2. Incredible composition.

Reply to Dash87 (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 04:26 PM

Jan 2013

This is one of the pieces I used to turn my kids on to classical music. This and Holst's "The Planets" suite got a lot of airplay in our house.

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

3. Culture time !

Reply to Dash87 (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 05:40 PM

Jan 2013

johnp3907

(3,730 posts)

4. The choral version is kinda fun too.

Reply to Dash87 (Original post)

Sun Feb 24, 2013, 04:56 PM

Feb 2013

A bit mellower though.

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