Composer of the Week: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Episode 4
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Exploring Mussorgsky's song cycle, Songs and Dances of Death, and the opera Khovanshchina.
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Donald Macleod explores Mussorgsky's final song cycle, Songs and Dances of Death, and his unfinished opera Khovanshchina.
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