Night on Bald Mountain Night on Bald Mountain Night on Bald Mountain (), also known as Night on the Bare Mountain, is a series of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881). Inspired by Russian literary works and legend, Mussorgsky composed a "musical picture", "St. John's Eve on Bald Mountain" () on the theme of a witches' sabbath occurring on St. John's Eve, which he completed on that very night, 23 June 1867. Together with Nikolay 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, Miliy Balakirev, refused to perform
The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain call it a "be'chi'ngalw."" In Welsh, "be'chi'ngalw" is a placeholder name, like "whatchamacallit" or "thingamajig" in English. This is made obvious in the novel of the film. The 13th episode of Veggie Tales, "King George and the Ducky," contained a brief parody of "The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain" entitled "The Englishman Who Went up a Hill and Came Down with All the Bananas." The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain is a 1995 British film with