Mussorgsky family

Manor of the Mussorgsky family near Velikie Luki.

Mussorgsky (Russian: Му́соргские), the name of an old Russian noble family, which is one of the branches of rich boyar family of Monastyrev, descendants of princes of Smolensk from Rurikid stock. The family traces its name to Roman Vasilyevich Monastyrev, nicknamed Mussorga (18th generation from Rurik). Peter Ivanovich Mussorgsky governed Staritsa in 1620. One representative of this family is the great composer Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky.

Families of Monastyrev stock

Aladyin Beznosov Bouroukhin Knoutov Mussorgsky Sapogov Solomin Soudakov Tsyplyatev

Modest Mussorgsky

Operas	Salammbô (1866) Zhenitba (1868) Boris Godunov (1872) Mlada (1872) Khovanshchina (1880) The Fair at Sorochyntsi (1880)

Film adaptations	Boris Godunov (1954 film) Boris Godunov (1989 film) Khovanshchina (film)

Orchestral works	Night on Bald Mountain (1867, revised 1872 and 1880)

Piano music	Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)

Orchestrations and arrangements	Pictures at an Exhibition (Stokowski orchestration) (1939)

Vocal music	The Nursery (1872) Sunless (1874) Songs and Dances of Death (1877) "Night" (1864)

Family	Mussorgsky family

Named for Mussorgsky	1059 Mussorgskia Mussorgskij (crater)

Cultural depictions	Mussorgsky (1950 film)

Related articles	Russian opera

List of compositions

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