Previous postings for March 21st may be found here: J. S. Bach [sic] (2019), Modest Mussorgsky (2020), Modest Mussorgsky; Hermann Finck (2021), and Modest Mussorgski (2022)
Modest Mussorgsky (21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1839 – 28 March [O.S. 16 March] 1881) was a Russian composer.
Variorum
Boris Godunov has often been subjected to cuts, recomposition, re-orchestration, transposition of scenes, or conflation of the original and revised versions. – Wikipedia, s.v. “Boris Godunov (opera)”
There are so many versions that we
Are never quite sure what we’ll see
When deciding to go
To this great Russian show,
Which is often a big potpourri.
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