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- Night_on_Bald_Mountain abstract "Night on Bald Mountain (Russian: Иванова ночь на лысой горе, Ivanova noch' na lysoy gore), refers to a series of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). Inspired by Russian literary works and legend, Mussorgsky devised a "musical picture" around the theme of a witches' sabbath occurring on St. John's Eve, which he completed on that very night, June 23, 1867. Together with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko (1867), it is one of the first tone poems by a Russian composer.Although Mussorgsky was proud of his youthful effort, his mentor, Mily Balakirev, refused to perform it. To salvage what he considered worthy material, Mussorgsky attempted to insert his Bald Mountain music, recast for vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra, in two subsequent projects—the collaborative opera-ballet Mlada (1872), and the opera The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1880). However, Night on Bald Mountain was never performed in any form during Mussorgsky's lifetime.In 1886, five years after Mussorgsky's death, Rimsky-Korsakov published an arrangement of the work, described as a "fantasy for orchestra." Some musical scholars consider this version to be an original composition of Rimsky-Korsakov, albeit one based on Mussorgsky's last version of the music, for The Fair at Sorochyntsi:"I need hardly remind the reader that the orchestral piece universally known as 'Mussorgsky's Night on the Bare Mountain' is an orchestral composition by Rimsky-Korsakov based on the later version of the Bare Mountain music which Mussorgsky prepared for The Fair at Sorochyntsi."It is through Rimsky-Korsakov's version that Night on Bald Mountain achieved lasting fame. Premiering in Saint Petersburg in 1886, the work became a concert favourite. Half a century later, the work obtained its greatest exposure through the Walt Disney animated film Fantasia (1940), featuring an arrangement by Leopold Stokowski, based on Rimsky-Korsakov's version. Mussorgsky's tone poem was not published in its original form until 1968; although still rarely performed, it has started to gain exposure and become familiar to modern audiences. All of these versions have become highly-influential on modern music. A disco version by David Shire was produced for the 1977 motion picture Saturday Night Fever, and included as "Night on Disco Mountain" on the award-winning soundtrack.".
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- Night_on_Bald_Mountain comment "Night on Bald Mountain (Russian: Иванова ночь на лысой горе, Ivanova noch' na lysoy gore), refers to a series of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). Inspired by Russian literary works and legend, Mussorgsky devised a "musical picture" around the theme of a witches' sabbath occurring on St. John's Eve, which he completed on that very night, June 23, 1867.".
- Night_on_Bald_Mountain label "Een nacht op de Kale Berg".
- Night_on_Bald_Mountain label "Eine Nacht auf dem kahlen Berge".
- Night_on_Bald_Mountain label "Night on Bald Mountain".
- Night_on_Bald_Mountain label "Una noche en el Monte Pelado".
- Night_on_Bald_Mountain label "Una notte sul Monte Calvo".
- Night_on_Bald_Mountain label "Une nuit sur le mont Chauve".
- Night_on_Bald_Mountain label "Ночь на Лысой горе (балет)".
- Night_on_Bald_Mountain label "禿山の一夜".
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