Its first full movement opens by depicting a gnome running on crooked legs, while another movement evinces the feelings arising from exploring the Paris catacombs by lamplight.
This work opens with a G, F, B-flat, C, F, D motif that returns in several of the interludes between the movements. Its first full movement opens by depicting a gnome running on crooked legs, while another movement evinces the feelings arising from exploring the Paris catacombs by lamplight. This piece, originally composed for solo piano, was orchestrated by Maurice Ravel. It includes the movements "The Old Castle" and "The Great Gate of Kiev." For 10 points, a series of Victor Hartmann paintings inspired what work by Modest Mussorgsky?
This work opens with a G, F, B-flat, C, F, D motif that returns in several of the interludes between the movements.
Pictures at an Exhibition [or Kartinki s vystavki ; or Pictures from an Exhibition]