Great Russian Composers: Modest Mussorgsky

This video is part of a five-volume set that profiles the lives and works of some of Russia's greatest composers. The viewer travels to Russia to see the landscape and society that produced each musical genius. In this episode, the featured artist is Modest Mussorgsky. Excerpts from his compositions Pictures at an Exhibition and Night on Bald Mountain are interspersed with biographical details of his life.