Modest Mussorgsky

Modest Mussorgsky was born on Mar 21, 1839 in Russian Empire [now Russia]. Modest Mussorgsky's big-screen debut came with Boris Godunov directed by Vera Stroyeva in 1954. Modest Mussorgsky is known for Boris Godounov directed by Andrzej Zulawski, Ruggero Raimondi stars as Boris Godounov and Kenneth Riegel as Le prince Chouïski. The upcoming new movie Modest Mussorgsky plays is Boris Godounov which will be released on Dec 20, 1989.

In 1856 Moussorgsky joined the Russian army where he met the piano player and composer 'Balakirev' who taught him composition. As he could not finish his studies in music, Moussorgsky did not know all stylistic means of composition perfectly and thus had to follow his instinct in his works becoming the pathmaker of the musical impressionism as well as expressionism: He was the first to compose realistic pictures, e.g. "Pictures at an Exhibition". Having no success during his lifetime Moussorgsky spent all of his fortune ending up a poor man addicted to alcohol.