Pictures at an Exhibition (Russian: Картинки съ выставки – Воспоминание о Викторе Гартмане, Kartinki s vystavki – Vospominaniye o Viktore Gartmane, "Pictures from an Exhibition – A Remembrance of Viktor Hartmann") is a suite in ten movements composed for piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874.
The suite is Mussorgsky's most famous piano composition, and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists. It has become further known through various orchestrations and arrangements produced by other musicians and composers, with Maurice Ravel's arrangement being the most recorded and performed.
Read more about Pictures At An Exhibition: Composition History, Publication History, Gallery of Hartmann's Pictures, Movements, Arrangements and Interpretations
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