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| | Oregon Symphony: Pictures at an Exhibition (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Pictures at an Exhibition is Mussorgsky’s musical portrayal of a memorial exhibit of artwork by Victor Hartmann, an artist, designer, architect and close friend. |
 | | Mussorgsky attended the exhibition and was immediately inspired to honor Hartmann with a musical tribute; he completed Pictures at an Exhibition in just 20 days, between June 2 and June 22, 1874. |
 | | Ravel’s version of Pictures at an Exhibition is scored for three flutes (one doubling piccolo), three oboes (one doubling English horn), two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, alto saxophone, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, side drum, bass drum, rattle, cymbals, tam-tam, whip, triangle, xylophone, glockenspiel, bells, celesta, two harps and strings. |
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