Night on Bald Mountain my way with. Originally composed in the sixties under the influence of [[Franz Liszt|Liszt]]'s "[[Totentanz (Liszt)|Danse Macabre]]" for the piano with accompaniment of orchestra, this piece (then called "St. John's Eve", and both severely and justly criticized by [[Mily Balakirev|Balakirev]]) had long been utterly neglected by its author, gathering dust among his unfinished works. When composing [[Stepan Gedeonov|Gedeonov]]'s "[[Mlada]]", Mussorgsky had made use of the material to be found in "Night", and, introducing singing into it, had written the scene of [[Chernobog]] on Mount Triglav. That was the second form of the same piece in substance. Its third form had
Night on Bald Mountain April 1890, at the [[Théâtre de la Monnaie]] in [[Brussels]]. The following program is printed in Rimsky-Korsakov's edition of "Night on Bald Mountain", published in 1886 by [[V. Bessel and Co.]]: Subterranean sounds of non-human voices. Appearance of the spirits of darkness, followed by that of Chernobog. Glorification of Chernobog and [[Black Mass|Black Service]]. Sabbath. At the height of the sabbath, the distant ringing of a village church bell is heard; it disperses the spirits of darkness. Morning. Recordings of Rimsky-Korsakov's revision are too numerous to catalog in this article. [[File:Leopold Stokowski LOC 26447u.jpg|upright|thumb|Leopold Stokowski]] Millions of 20th-century listeners owe