{"product_id":"night-on-bald-mountain-study-score-9781608742295","title":"Night on Bald Mountain: Study score","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the first Russian tone poems, \u003cem\u003eNight on Bald Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e had its genesis in the late 1850s when Mussorgsky started sketches for a projected opera: \u003cem\u003eSt. John's Eve\u003c\/em\u003e (1858), later changed to \u003cem\u003eThe Witch\u003c\/em\u003e (1860) - based upon a scenario about a witches' sabbath on St. John's Eve. These were abandonded by the early 1860s but Mussorgsky contemplated a tone poem using the material featuring piano and orchestra along the lines of Liszt's \u003cem\u003eTotentanz\u003c\/em\u003e. The work was finally completed on St. John's Eve (June 23) of 1867 as an orchestral tone poem entited \u003cem\u003eSt. John's Eve on the Bare Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe symphonic poem was never performed in the composer's lifetime. After rejection for performance, Mussorgsky reworked the material two more times for operatic projects that never materialized. After the composer's death his friend Rimsky-Korsakov prepared a new arrangement based on the last version composed for the opera Sorochintsy Fair which was published in 1886. Rimsky's arrangement became very popular, especially after its use in the 1939 Walt Disney film \u003cem\u003eFantasia\u003c\/em\u003e in a very bowldwerized orchestration made by Leopold Stowkowski. Rimsky's setting is the work offered here - in a newly engraved edition by Richard W. Sargeant, Jr. It is now often regarded as more of a fantasy on themes by Mussorgsky composed by Rimsky-Korsakov. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIMSLP page\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWikipedia article\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Serenissima Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50474172776722,"sku":"9781608742295","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_852b3f64-a44b-4487-9ff7-0de6fd6a005a.jpg?v=1730214348","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/night-on-bald-mountain-study-score-9781608742295","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}