History Music / PicturesAtAnExhibition

''Pictures At An Exhibition'' is an 1874 piano suite, composed by Music/ModestMussorgsky [[AdaptationDisplacement but more famous]] in Music/MauriceRavel's orchestral arrangement. The work was inspired by a collection of paintings from a friend of Mussorgsky, Viktor Alexandrovich Hartmann (5 May 1834 – 4 August 1873). Each individual piece carries the title of one of these paintings which, unfortunately, are nowadays mostly [[MissingEpisode missing]]. Descriptions of what the works showed have survived, so that the modern day listener has some idea they might have looked like.

* YouHaveToHaveJews: "Samuel Goldenburg and Schmüyle", who are two Jewish men, one rich and one poor.

* RockMeAmadeus: The entire score has been covered by Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer and Music/TangerineDream, as well as synthesizer composer Isao Tomita. Music/SoundHorizon's "Yoiyami no Uta" includes snippets of classical pieces in rapid succession: Beethoven's "Ode to Joy", Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu", and Mussorgsky's ''Music/PicturesAtAnExhibition''. "Cathedral Pictures" contains excerpts from Mussorgsky's "Music/PicturesAtAnExhibition", specifically "The Old Castle", "The Hut on Fowls Legs", and "The Great Gate of Kiev", all arranged for an organ, an electric bass, and drums.

* UncommonTime: Mussorgsky freely mixes time signatures throughout the work. The first "Promenade" notably alternates between 5/4 and 6/4, and is perhaps better thought of as longer phrases of 11/4. This was simplified by a student of his contemporary Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (who also renotated some examples of this from Mussorgsky's ''Boris Godunov'' in straight 2/4) and has been the norm for subsequent publications. WordofGod says that this meter is supposed to simulate a natural walking pattern.

The work has been CoveredUp by various pop musicians (Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer, Isao Tomita, Music/TangerineDream, Music/{{Animusic}}, Music/SoundHorizon,...) and even adapted to film, including a 1966 version by Creator/OsamuTezuka.

* RockMeAmadeus: The entire score has been covered by Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer and Music/TangerineDream, as well as synthesizer composer Isao Tomita. Music/SoundHorizon's "Yoiyami no Uta" includes snippets of classical pieces in rapid succession: Beethoven's "Ode to Joy", Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu", and Mussorgsky's ''Music/PicturesAtAnExhibition''." Cathedral Pictures" contains excerpts from Mussorgsky's "Music/PicturesAtAnExhibition", specifically "The Old Castle","The Hut on Fowls Legs",and "The Great Gate of Kiev", all arranged for an organ, an electric bass, and drums.

* Excepting, of course, all the stuff not in the original piece..."The Sage"..."Blues"...and...oh, yeah...extremely unnecessary LYRICS.

''Pictures At An Exhibition'' is an 1874 piano suite, composed by Music/ModestMussorgsky [[AdaptationDisplacement but more famous]] in Music/MauriceRavel's orchestral arrangement. The work was inspired by a collection of paintings from a friend of Mussorgsky, Viktor Hartmann (1834-1873). Each individual piece carries the title of one of these paintings which, unfortunately, are nowadays mostly [[MissingEpisode missing]]. Descriptions of what the works showed have survived, so that the modern day listener has some idea they might have looked like.

''Pictures At An Exhibition'' is an 1874 piano suite, composed by Music/ModestMussorgsky [[AdaptationDisplacement but more famous]] in Music/MauriceRavel's orchestral arrangement. The work was inspired by a collection of paintings from a friend of Mussorgsky, Viktor Hartmann (1834-1873). Each individual piece carries the title of one of these paintings which, unfortunately, are nowadays mostly LostForever. Descriptions of what the works showed have survived, so that the modern day listener has some idea they might have looked like.

* LostForever: The original paintings on which the score was based have vanished.

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: The score has a few haunting moments: "The Gnome", "Chickens In Their Eggs" and "The Hut On Fowl's Legs/Baba Yaga". The pieces which bear these names may well make you glad that the paintings which inspired them have since been LostForever.

** The original gatefold sleeve shows the paintings as blank canvases, with the actual paintings only being revealed on the inside... except for "Promenade", which is still a blank canvas.

'''Pictures At An Exhibition''' is an 1874 piano suite, composed by Music/ModestMussorgsky [[AdaptationDisplacement but more famous]] in Music/MauriceRavel's orchestral arrangement. The work was inspired by a collection of paintings from a friend of Mussorgsky, Viktor Hartmann (1834-1873). Each individual piece carries the title of one of these paintings which, unfortunately, are nowadays mostly LostForever. Descriptions of what the works showed have survived, so that the modern day listener has some idea they might have looked like.

** ''VideoGame/Catherine'''s selection of backing music for its challenge levels includes "The Hut on Fowl's Legs/Baba Yaga".

'''Pictures At An Exhibition''' is a piece of ClassicalMusic from 1874, composed for piano by Music/ModestMussorgsky, [[AdaptationDisplacement but more famous]] in Music/MauriceRavel's orchestral arrangement. The work was inspired by a collection of paintings from a friend of Mussorgsky, Viktor Hartmann (1834-1873). Each individual piece carries the title of one of these paintings who, unfortunately, are nowadays mostly LostForever. Descriptions of what the works showed have survived, so that the modern day listener has some idea they might have looked like.

* MisogynySong: "The Market at Limoges (The Great News)" is described as "French women quarrelling violently in the market."

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: The score has a few haunting moments: "The Gnome", "Chickens In Their Eggs" and "The Hut On Fowl's Legs/Baba Yaga". If you hear the scary music that Mussorgsky wrote for these passages you're actually glad that the original paintings that inspired him are LostForever.

* RearrangeTheSong: Music/MauriceRavel rearranged the entire score. It's this version that is performed the most often today.

* UncommonTime: Mussorgsky freely mixes time signatures throughout the work. The first "Promenade" notably alternates between 5/4 and 6/4, and is perhaps better thought of as longer phrases of 11/4.

* RecurringRiff: The opening theme appears as a recurring {{Leitmotif}} between each piece.

[[caption-width-right:247: The front page of the orchestral score.]]

'''Pictures At An Exhibition''' is a classical orchestral piece from 1874, composed by Music/ModestMussorgsky, [[AdaptationDisplacement but more famous]] in Music/MauriceRavel's arragement. The work was inspired by a collection of paintings from a friend of Mussorgsky, Viktor Hartmann (1834-1873). Each individual piece carries the title of one of these paintings who, unfortunately, are nowadays mostly LostForever. Descriptions of what the works showed have survived, so that the modern day listener has some idea they might have looked like.

** ''Manga/{{RideBack}}'' features "The Great Gate of Kiev" as a recurring motif and wrestler Jerry Lawler used the piece as his introduction theme whenever he enters the ring.

'''Pictures At An Exhibition''' is a classical orchestral piece from 1874, composed by Music/ModestMussorgsky, [[AdaptationDisplacement but more famous] in Music/MauriceRavel's arragement. The work was inspired by a collection of paintings from a friend of Mussorgsky, Viktor Hartmann (1834-1873). Each individual piece carries the title of one of these paintings who, unfortunately, are nowadays mostly LostForever. Descriptions of what the works showed have survived, so that the modern day listener has some idea they might have looked like.

'''Pictures At An Exhibition''' is a classical orchestral piece from 1874, composed by Music/ModestMussorgsky, but more famous in Music/MauriceRavel's arragement. The work was inspired by a collection of paintings from a friend of Mussorgsky, Viktor Hartmann (1834-1873). Each individual piece carries the title of one of these paintings who, unfortunately, are nowadays mostly LostForever. Descriptions of what the works showed have survived, so that the modern day listener has some idea they might have looked like.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The piece is nowadays better known in Ravel's version, than Mussorgsky's original score.

* SlavicMythology: "The Hut On Fowl's Legs/Baba Yaga" is based on the Slavic folkloric character Literature/BabaYaga.

* SlavicMythology: "The Hut On Fowl's Legs/Baba Yaga" is based on the Salvic folkloric character Literature/BabaYaga.