Night on Bald Mountain his manuscripts for publication and created performing editions of his unfinished works to enable them to enter the repertoire. The majority of the editorial work was done by [[Rimsky-Korsakov]], who in 1886 produced a redacted edition of "Night on Bald Mountain" from the "Dream Vision of the Peasant Lad" [[vocal score]]. Rimsky-Korsakov discusses his work on the piece, designated a "fantasy for orchestra", in his memoirs, "Chronicle of My Musical Life" (1909): During the season of 1882/83, I continued working on "[[Khovanshchina]]" and other compositions of Mussorgsky's. "A Night on Bald Mountain" was the only thing I could not find
Night on Bald Mountain is also the most literal. The adjective "bald" is commonly used in English place names for barren hills, mountains, and other features, and so is also idiomatic. However, because the most familiar use of "bald" describes hairlessness, this part of the title is also known as "Bare Mountain". The use of "bald" to describe barren landscapes is common in European languages. In French, the piece is known as ' and in Italian ' ("A Night on Bald Mountain"). Some performances of the work also insert the article "the" before "Bald Mountain" or "Bare Mountain". Articles are not used in Russian,