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Modesto Petrovich Mussorgsky

Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky (1839-1881)

A representative composer in the 19th century Russia. His name is renowned as one of Russia's "five people".

1839年3月21日、ロシアのプスコフ州で生まれました。ムソルグスキー家は裕福な家庭でした。音楽好きの両親の影響ではやくからピアノに親しみました。若干7歳でフランツ・リスト

の小品を弾きこなし、9歳ではジョン・フィールド

の協奏曲を披露するなど幼いころから驚くべき才能を発揮していたそうな。

However, at that time, the position of a professional musician was low that it is impossible to think that a person of a wealthy house lives with music. I did not seem to think that Mussorgsky would become a musician at all. At the age of 13 he entered the military officer at the Army Konoe Military Academy and received education as a soldier. Naturally there is no environment to study music. However it seems that piano practice continued in such circumstances. And the first work "Memorial polka" will be born. "Flag hand" seems to be a soldier indeed. It is said that this song was published with my father's contribution. Truly rich!

I continued studying music like this, but when I graduated from school at the age of 17, I joined the Pleio Brazen skiing regiment and became a soldier. At this time I will meet Borodin, a member of "5 people". I also got to know Kui and Barakirefu. In the meantime I will be taking lessons at Barakiref and I will write many works.

Mussorgsky becomes mentally unstable at the age of 19 and quits the army in the summer. After that the lesson of Varakiref continued and I studied about the orchestra. Mussorgsky has produced patriotic spirit from this time and produces work closely related to Russian and Russian culture.

He frequently experienced mental weakness, and became economically struggling with the Russian "serf liberation order". As a result, few works have been completed until completion. When I was 24 years old, I got a job to the Ministry of Transportation, and when I was 27, I climbed to the advisory officer, but the following year I got fired. In the background, when my mother died when I was 26 years old, I have been alcoholic. While thinking deeply about art, it was spiritually ruffled.

I will be an official of the Ministry of National Property again at the age of 30. The work also went well. However, this time the unfortunate things such as the opera can not be performed because of the theater's circumstances will continue and the completed work will be reduced.

35歳のとき代表作の「ボリス・ゴドゥノフ

」がようやく全曲上演がかない幾度も再演されました。同年には「展覧会の絵

」も完成しました。しかしその後も精神的に不安定であったことにはかわりはなく、そのうち音楽仲間とも疎遠となっていきました。 41歳のとき役人を辞すとムソルグスキーは「ホヴァーンシチナ

」、「ソロチンツィの定期市」を完成させることを条件にお金をもらい生活していましたがどちらも未完成に終わりました。

After that, life has collapsed, and when he was hospitalized with alcoholism and mental abnormality, he left the world at the age of 42.

Representative song

ピアノ曲「展覧会の絵

」、管弦楽曲「はげ山の一夜

」、歌劇「ボリス・ゴドゥノフ

」、 歌曲「死の歌と踊り

」…など。

 

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音楽の本
独・仏・伊・英による音楽用語辞典 【改訂版】独・仏・伊・英による音楽用語辞典 【改訂版】
これで納得!よくわかる音楽用語のはなし―イタリアの日常会話から学ぶ – 関 孝弘 (著)これで納得!よくわかる音楽用語のはなし―イタリアの日常会話から学ぶ – 関 孝弘 (著)
持ち歩き 音楽記号事典 – 多田 鏡子 (著), 川島 素晴 (監修)持ち歩き 音楽記号事典 – 多田 鏡子 (著), 川島 素晴 (監修)
音楽の科学---音楽の何に魅せられるのか? – フィリップ ボール (著), 夏目 大 (翻訳)音楽の科学---音楽の何に魅せられるのか? – フィリップ ボール (著), 夏目 大 (翻訳)