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'''Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky'''{{family name footnote|Petrovich|Mussorgsky|lang=Eastern Slavic}} ({{IPAc-en|m|ʊ|ˈ|s|ɔr|g|s|k|i|,_|-|ˈ|z|ɔr|g|-}}; {{langx|ru|Модест Петрович Мусоргский|Modest Petrovich Musorgsky}};{{efn|In his day, the name was written Модестъ Петровичъ Мусоргскій.}}{{efn|The BGN/PCGN [[Romanization of Russian|transliteration of Russian]] is used for his name here. ALA-LC system: ''Modest Petrovich Musorgskiĭ''. ISO 9: ''Modest Petrovič Musorgskij''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Russian – BGN/PCGN transliteration system |url=https://www.translitteration.com/transliteration/en/russian/bgn-pcgn/ |website=transliteration.com |access-date=2 December 2020}}</ref>}} {{IPA|ru|mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj|IPA|Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg}}; {{OldStyleDate|21 March|1839|9 March}} – {{OldStyleDate|28 March|1881|16 March}}) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "[[The Five (composers)|The Five.]]" He was an innovator of [[Music of Russia|Russian music]] in the [[Romantic music|Romantic period]] and strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music.

Many of [[List of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky|Mussorgsky's works]] were inspired by Russian history, [[Russian folklore]], and other national themes. Such works include the opera ''[[Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov]]'', the orchestral tone poem ''[[Night on Bald Mountain]]'' and the piano suite ''[[Pictures at an Exhibition]]''.

For many years, Mussorgsky's works were mainly known in versions revised or completed by other composers. Many of his most important compositions have posthumously come into their own in their original forms, and some of the original scores are now also available.