Some of the harmonies used in this piece were so bold that its composer quipped that "I shall be told totake a Conservatory class for these.
Some of the harmonies used in this piece were so bold that its composer quipped that "I shall be told totake a Conservatory class for these." One theme in this piece was cannibalized from a never-completedopera based on Gustave Flaubert's Salammbo. This work initially went unperformed due to its composerrefusing to implement changes suggested by Balakirev. Stokowski's 1940 arrangement of this pieceeliminated a fanfare marking the entrance of Chernobog. A setting of a Gogol short story, this piece depictsan event on St. John's Day, despite its appearance in Fantasia connecting it to Halloween. For 10 points,name this piece depicting a witch's sabbath near Kiev, a piece by Mussorgsky.
Some of the harmonies used in this piece were so bold that its composer quipped that "I shall be told totake a Conservatory class for these.
St. John's Night on Bald Mountain [or St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain; or Noch' na lÃ¯soy gore]