We have a collection of 32 arrangements for Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (Promenade I)
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Pictures at an Exhibition is a suite of ten pieces composed for piano by Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. The work was inspired by an exhibition of works by architect and painter Viktor Hartmann, a close friend of the composer who had died suddenly in 1873. Each movement represents one of Hartmann's artworks. The "Promenade" theme recurs throughout the suite, representing the viewer walking between exhibits. The work is most famous today in its orchestral arrangement by Maurice Ravel, though it was originally composed for piano.