Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modést Petróvich Músorgskiy, 21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1839 – 28 March [O.S. 16 March] 1881) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five". He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period. He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music.
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21 March 1839 Karevo, Toropets, Russian EmpireKarevo, Toropets, Russian Empire
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28 March 1881 (aged 42) Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Zodiac | Aries |
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