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Nevertheless, it was in this first show that he "found tranquility and refuge in opera," says Mr. Marcus, who now prefers acts such as "Otello," an Italian opera based on William Shakespeare's 17th century play, and "Boris Godunov," a Russian opera by Modest Mussorgsky.
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That approach may come in handy for "Boris Godunov," a late-19th century work written by Modest Mussorgsky about the titular Russian Tsar that features a significant chorus.
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In the Russian language one can create a term of historical opprobrium by adding the suffix "shchina" to a noun or proper noun, like the proper noun "Khovansky" becomes "Khovanshchina," the name of an opera by Modest Mussorgsky about an uprising led by Prince Khovansky against the forces of modernism during the youth of Peter the Great.
Putinshchina 2007
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The movie, avant-garde in its day, is a collection of eight animated shorts that interpret classical scores, such as Igor Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" and "A Night on Bald Mountain," by Modest Mussorgsky.
SFGate: Top News Stories Julia Mitchell 2010
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When a close friend of Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, artist and architect Victor Hartman, died suddenly from heart failure, it was a great shock not only for Mussorgsky but for the whole intellectual circle of St. Petersburg at that time.
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When a close friend of Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, artist and architect Victor Hartman, died suddenly from heart failure, it was a great shock not only for Mussorgsky but for the whole intellectual circle of St. Petersburg at that time.
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When a close friend of Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, artist and architect Victor Hartman, died suddenly from heart failure, it was a great shock not only for Mussorgsky but for the whole intellectual circle of St. Petersburg at that time.
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When a close friend of Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, artist and architect Victor Hartman, died suddenly from heart failure, it was a great shock not only for Mussorgsky but for the whole intellectual circle of St. Petersburg at that time.
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On Walpurgis Night, ghosts and goblins rise from the grave at His Satanic Majesty's Request, all set to the imposing sounds of composer Modest Mussorgsky.
Mania News Feed 2009
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Dargomyzhsky ended up relying on a group of very talented young composers: Mily Balakirev, Cesar Cui, and Modest Mussorgsky along with Alexander Borodin and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
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