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 con
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]