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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

Russian composer (1839–1881)
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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
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Summary

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was born on March 9, 1839[1], in Karevo[2]. He died on March 16, 1881[3], in Saint Petersburg[4]. He worked as a composer[5], pianist[6], librettist[7], military personnel[8], and musician[9]. He ranks in the top 0.65% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,153 views/month, #6,474 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Place of birth: Pskov[11]
  • Date of birth: March 1835[12], March 16, 1835[13], 1835[14], March 21, 1839[15]
  • Date of death: March 28, 1881[16]
  • Place of burial: Tikhvin Cemetery[17]
  • Country of citizenship: Russian Empire[18]
  • Field of work: performing arts[19]
  • Educated at: Nikolaevskaya Cavalry School[20], Saint Peter's School[21]
  • Notable work: Boris Godunov[22], Pictures at an Exhibition[23], Night on Bald Mountain[24]
  • Member of: The Five[25]
  • Sex or gender: male[26]
  • Genre: classical music[27], opera[28]
  • Commons category: Modest Mussorgsky[29]
  • Cause of death: infectious disease[30]
  • Family name: Musorgsky[31]
  • Given name: Modest[32]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Modest Mussorgsky[33]
  • Commons gallery: Modest Mussorgsky[34]
  • Allegiance: Russian Empire[35]
  • Medical condition: epilepsy[36], alcoholism[37]
  • Manner of death: natural causes[38]
  • Instrument: piano[39]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[40], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[41], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[42], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[43], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[44], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[45]

Product Details

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  • Type: Person[46]

  • Country: RU[47]

  • Began / founded: 1839-03-21[48]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1881-03-28[49]

  • Genre(s): classical, romantic classical[50]

  • Community tags: classical, composer, romantic classical, russian, russian composer[51]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c1380b12-3909-47d8-a5fd-d20e76123310[52]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky include Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire[53], an organization[54], in Russia[55], founded in 1934[56]; 1059 Mussorgskia[57], an asteroid[58]; Mussorgskij[59], an impact crater[60]; and Mussorgsky Peaks[61], a mountain[62].

Why It Matters

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] He is known by 144 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

Entities named for him include Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire[53], an organization[54], in Russia[55], founded in 1934[56]; 1059 Mussorgskia[57], an asteroid[58]; Mussorgskij[59], an impact crater[60]; and Mussorgsky Peaks[61], a mountain[62].

FAQs

Where was Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky born?

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky's place of birth was Karevo[2].

Where did Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky die?

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky passed away in Saint Petersburg[4].

What did Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky do for work?

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky worked as a composer[5], pianist[6], librettist[7], military personnel[8], and musician[9].

Where did Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky go to school?

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was educated at Nikolaevskaya Cavalry School[20] and Saint Peter's School[21].

Related Entities

infectious disease Russian Empire

References

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  1. [46] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
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  6. [51] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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