"Who composed the musical work ""Pictures at an Exhibition""?"
Pictures at an Exhibition Pictures at an Exhibition Pictures at an Exhibition (, "Kartínki s výstavki – Vospominániye o Víktore Gártmane", "Pictures from an Exhibition – A Remembrance of Viktor Hartmann"; ) is a suite of ten pieces (plus a recurring, varied Promenade) composed for piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. The suite is Mussorgsky's most famous piano composition and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists. It has become further known through various orchestrations and arrangements produced by other musicians and composers, with Maurice Ravel's arrangement being by far the most recorded and performed. It was probably in 1868 that Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition included only the first Promenade and the final two movements from the suite. The Michael Jackson song "HIStory" samples a short section of "The Great Gate of Kiev", longer version was played during HIStory World Tour finale in 1997. Re-issues of the "" album further changed the sample on the track. A partial listing of orchestral arrangements of "Pictures at an Exhibition": A listing of arrangements of "Pictures at an Exhibition" for performing ensembles other than orchestra: Pictures at an Exhibition Pictures at an Exhibition (, "Kartínki s výstavki – Vospominániye o Víktore Gártmane", "Pictures from an Exhibition – A