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
High on the Mountain Top High on the Mountain Top "High on the Mountain Top" is an 1850s hymn written by Latter Day Saint hymn writers Joel H. Johnson and Ebenezer Beesley. Originally named "Deseret", it is hymn number 5 in the current LDS Church hymnal. The lyrics to the hymn were written by Johnson in 1853, five years after Brigham Young preached on Ensign Peak as the Mormon pioneers first arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. Even though Johnson's journal contains more than 700 hymns, "High on the Mountain Top" is his most notable contribution to LDS music. In 1854, Beesley composed music to