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
Hares on the Mountain Hares on the Mountain "Hares on the Mountain" (Roud 329) (otherwise titled "Blackbirds and Thrushes", "If All the Young Women", "Nancy Lay Sleeping", "The Knife in the Window", "Shepherd So Bold", "Sally My Dear", "Lightning and Thunder", "Crawling and Creeping" and "Ain't Gonna Do It No More") is an English folk song. Versions of this song have been collected from traditional singers in England, Canada and the USA, and have been recorded by modern folk artists. This song is composed of two distinct parts, "Hares on the Mountain" and "The Knife in the Window", both of which have been collected