MODESTE PETROVICH See also:

• MODESTE PETROVICH MOUSSORGSKY (1835-1881)

MOUSSORGSKY (1835-1881)  , See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian composer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Karevo, See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• PSKOV

Pskov, in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1835, and entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . He came of a musical See also:

• FAMILY

family, and was himself a talented See also:

• AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

amateur, and an acquaintance with See also:

• BALAKIREV, MILI ALEREIVICH (1836- )

Balakirev and See also:

• DARGOMIJSKY, ALEXANDER SERGEIVICH (1813-1869)

Dargomijsky led him to more serious study of See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition, so that in 1857 he See also:

• LEFT

left the army and devoted himself to See also:

• MUSIC

music, though this step entailed his earning his living as a government clerk and a prolonged See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of poverty . His greatest See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera, Boris Godounov, based on See also:

• PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER (1799-1837)

Pushkin's See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama, was produced in St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg in 1874, and on it his reputation stands as one of the finest creative composers in the ranks of the See also:

• MODERN

modern Russian school . He also wrote a number of songs and orchestral See also:

• WORKS

works, of a realistic See also:

• NATIONAL

national type . In later See also:

• LIFE

life he suffered much from See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health, and died in St Petersburg on the 16th (28th) of March 1881 .