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Hi, my name is Matt Tracy, and I'm a med student at McGill. I've played
viola for 11 years and been really into classical music for about 7 years.
I've been subscribed to this list for a couple of weeks but lurking, though
I'm sure some will recognize my name from Jason Greshes' lists. Since this
question seems to have even moderator Dave stumped, I will offer my
comments.
During my fourth year undergrad (spring 1998), I took a music history
course that (of course) covered the topic of nationalism and, as one
example, Mussorgsky's "Pictures". I was curious to see them, and sure
enough there is a webpage with most of the pictures. The quality isn't
high, but I found it through a Yahoo search for "hartmann exhibition".
The URL is: http://bsc.edu/~jhcook/mu123/pix-exh2.htm
While these pictures aren't *bad*, it's a good thing Mussorgsky preserved
these paintings musically because otherwise they would be (rightfully,
IMHO) forgotten. That said, sometimes I wonder if the music wasn't
modelled after the title rather than the painting itself... look no
further than "The Great Gate of Kiev" if you want to know why I wonder.
Matt Tracy
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