Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (also spelled Musorgsky, Moussorgsky Russian: Модест Петрович Мусоргский) (March 21 [O.S. March 9], 1839 – March 28 [O.S. March 16], 1881), one of the Russian composers known as the Five, was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period. He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music.
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Date of birth:
- Mar 21, 1839
Date of death:
- Mar 28, 1881 (age 42 years)
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Also known as:
- Модест Петрович Мусоргский,
- Modeste Moussogorski,
- Mussogrsky,
- Musogorski,
- Moussorgsky,
- Mussorgsky,
- Modeste Mussorgsky,
- Modest P. Mussorgsky,
- Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ,
- Modest Mussorgsky,
- Modeste Moussorgski,
- Modeste Moussorgsky,
- Modest Mussogorsky,
- Mussorgski
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