Night on Bald Mountain (arr Gardner)

Modest Mussorgsky

Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Maurice Gardner)

General Info

Year:1867 / 1952
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Staff Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Out of print.

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Chimes
Crash Cymbals
Orchestra Bells
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This spectacular work was written for orchestra by Modest Mussorgsky, one of the "Russian Five," who is also known for his Pictures at an Exhibition. This piece depicts a witches' sabbath, and is usually associated with Halloween. It was used to great effect in the Walt Disney animated film Fantasia.

- Program Note from score

Modeste Mussorgsky wrote Night on Bald Mountain in 1867 in 12 days. His inspiration was a story by the Russian author Nicolai Gogol. He later reworked it as part of a planned opera Mlada, that was never finished. He reworked it again in 1880 and used it as an intermezzo in his opera Sorochinsky Fair. The work ended up in a pile of unfinished manuscripts, and was discovered by Rimsky-Korsakov after Mussorgsky’s death. He then wrote an orchestral arrangement based on Mussorgsky’s final version. Mussorgsky gave a brief description of the work: Gathering of the Witches, their gossip and chit chat; The Procession of Satan; Pagan Worship of Satan; Sabbath.

- Program Note from Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Callanwolde Concert Band (Atlanta, Ga.) (Raymond Handfield, conductor) – 27 October 2017
Hillcrest Wind Ensemble (Chula Vista, Calif.) - 6 November 2010

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Pictures at an Exhibition (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kano) (1874/ )
Pictures at an Exhibition (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1874/2012)

All Wind Works

Baba Yaga/La Grande Porte de Kiev (arr. Van Grevenbroek). See: Pictures at an Exhibition
Coronation Scene (arr. Cacavas) (1874/2005)
Coronation Scene from "Boris Godunov" (tr. Leidzen) (1874/1936)
Dawn on the Moscow River (arr. Kotovsky) (1874/2019?)
Excerpts from Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Patterson) (1874/2011)
Gopak (orch. Lyadov; arr. Avignon) (1874-1880/1969)
Gopak (arr. Van der Beek) (1874-1880/1995)
Great Gate of Kiev (arr. Odom) (1874/)
Marche Turque/In the Village (arr. Hilliard and Lake)
Mussorgsky! (arr. Harnsberger) (2008)
Night on Bald Mountain (arr. Gardner) (1867)
Night on Bald Mountain (arr. Kellis and Schietroma) (1867)
Night on Bald Mountain (scored Schaefer) (1867/1976/1990)
Night on Bald Mountain (arr. Williams) (1867/1991)
Night on Bare Mountain (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov; tr. Hindsley) (1867/197-?)
Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Hautvast) (1874/2013)
Pictures at an Exhibition (tr. Hindsley) (1874/1995)
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel; tr. Lavender) (1874/2011)
Pictures at an Exhibition (tr. Leidzen) (1874/1942)
Pictures at an Exhibition (tr. Loest) (1874/2012)
Pictures at an Exhibition (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kano) (1874/)
Pictures at an Exhibition (tr Patterson) (tr. Patterson) (1874)
Pictures at an Exhibition (tr. Saras) (1874)
Pictures at an Exhibition (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Sweeney) (1874/2012)
Pictures at an Exhibition (tr. Takahashi)
Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Van Grevenbroek) (1874/2008)
- Promenade
- Baba Yaga/La Grande Porte de Kiev
Pictures at an Exhibition Finale (orch. Simpson; ed. Reed) (1874/2004)
Procession of Princes and Priests (tr. Patterson) (1872/2001)
Promenade (arr. Van Grevenbroek). See: Pictures at an Exhibition
Triumphal March Capture of Kars (arr. Simpson)

Resources

Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Night on Bald Mountain." Accessed 21 October 2014.
Mussorgsky, M; Gardner, M. (1952). A Night on Bald Mountain [score]. Staff Music: [Great Neck, N.Y.]