Night on Bald Mountain (original version, 1867)
This guide follows Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain (original version, 1867) (1867) in one part (sonata form).
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The () starts at full force, with whirling string figures and shrill woodwinds, soon joined by heavy brass. The ( ) sets out the main ideas. The long begins quietly, marked impetuous but unhurried (Irruente, senza fretta), and passes through dance-like stretches with tambourine, triangle and tam-tam, speeding up () and then calming briefly (). The bursts in with a sudden , and the keeps rising (Ancora ) to a huge , with no dawn ending.
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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