List of compositions by Modest Mussorgsky
The following is a list of compositions by Russian composer, Modest Mussorgsky.
Combined sortable list
Note: The publication date is the first known date of publication, regardless of edition or fidelity to the composer's original score.| Category | Title | Translation | Start | End | Text Basis | Status | Pub. | Publisher |
| Opera | Han d'Island | Hans of Iceland | 1856 | 1856 | Hugo | Projected | — | — |
| Opera | Эдип в Афинах | Oedipus in Athens | 1858 | 1861 | Ozerov | Unfinished | 1883 | |
| Opera | Саламбо | Salammbô | 1863 | 1866-04-10 | Flaubert | Unfinished | 1939 | Muzgiz |
| Opera | Женитьба | Marriage | 1868-06-11 | 1868-07-08 | Gogol | Unfinished | 1908 | Bessel |
| Opera | Борис Годунов | Boris Godunov | 1868-10 | 1869-12-15 | Pushkin | Initial Version | 1928 | Muzsektor |
| Opera | Бобыль | The Landless Peasant | 1870 | 1870 | Spielhagen | Projected | — | — |
| Opera | Борис Годунов | Boris Godunov | 1871 | 1872-06-23 | Pushkin | Revision | 1874 | Bessel |
| Opera-Ballet | Млада | Mlada | 1872 | 1872 | Krïlov | Unfinished | 1931 | Muzgiz |
| Opera | Хованщина | Khovanshchina | 1872-06 | 1880 | Mussorgsky | Unfinished | 1883 | Bessel |
| Opera | Сорочинская ярмарка | The Fair at Sorochyntsi | 1874 | 1880 | Gogol | Unfinished | 1916 | Bessel |
| Opera | Пугачёвщина | Pugachovshchina | 1877 | 1877 | Pushkin | Projected | — | — |
| Orchestra | Скерцо B-dur | Scherzo in B major | 1858 | 1858 | — | Orchestration | 1883 | Bessel |
| Orchestra | Alla marcia notturna | Alla marcia notturna | 1861 | 1861 | — | — | ||
| Orchestra | Симфония D-dur | Symphony in D major | 1861 | 1862 | — | Lost | — | — |
| Orchestra | Иванова ночь на лысой горе | Night on Bald Mountain | 1866 | 1867 | — | 1968 | ||
| Orchestra | Intermezzo symphonique in modo classico | Symphonic Intermezzo in the Classic Style | 1867 | 1867 | — | Revision | 1883 | Bessel |
| Orchestra | Подибрад чешский | Podebrad of Bohemia | 1867 | 1867 | — | Projected | — | — |
| Orchestra | Взятие Карса | The Capture of Kars | 1880 | 1880 | — | 1883 | Bessel | |
| Orchestra | Большая сюита на среднеазиатские темы | Grand Suite on Central Asian Themes | 1880 | 1880 | — | Projected | — | — |
| Piano | Полька "Подпрапорщик" | Porte-enseigne | 1852 | 1852 | — | 1852 | Bernard | |
| Piano | Souvenir d'Enfance | Souvenir of Childhood | 1857 | 1857 | — | 1911 | Bessel | |
| Piano | Соната Es-dur | Sonata in E major | 1858 | 1858 | — | Lost | — | — |
| Piano | Соната fis-moll | Sonata in F minor | 1858 | 1858 | — | Lost | — | — |
| Piano | Скерцо cis-moll | Scherzo in C minor | 1858 | 1858 | — | Initial Version | 1911 | Bessel |
| Piano | Скерцо cis-moll | Scherzo in C minor | 1858 | 1858 | — | Revision | 1939 | Muzgiz |
| Piano | Скерцо B-dur | Scherzo in B major | 1858 | 1858 | — | |||
| Piano Duet | Персидский хор из оперы "Руслан и Людмила" | Persian Chorus from the Opera Ruslan and Lyudmila | 1858 | 1858 | — | Arrangement | ||
| Piano Duet | Souvenir d'une nuit d'été à Madrid | Souvenir of a Summer Night in Madrid | 1858 | 1858 | — | Arrangement | ||
| Piano | Импровизация | Impromptu | 1859 | 1859 | — | Initial Version | 1939 | Muzgiz |
| Piano | Импровизация апассионато | Passionate Impromptu | 1859 | 1859 | — | Revision | 1911 | Bessel |
| Piano | Ein Kinderscherz | Children's Games | 1860 | 1860 | — | 1873 | Bitner | |
| Piano | Ein Kinderscherz | Children's Games | 1859 | 1859 | — | 1934 | Muzgiz | |
| Piano Duet | Увертюра на темы трех русских песен | Overture on the Themes of Three Russian Songs | 1860 | 1860 | — | Arrangement | ||
| Piano Duet | Король Лир, музыка к трагедии Шекспира | King Lear, music to Shakespeare's Tragedy | 1860 | 1860 | — | Arrangement | ||
| Piano | Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 59, No. 3 | Andante, from String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 | 1859 | 1859 | — | Arrangement | ||
| Piano Duet | Соната C-dur | Sonata in C major | 1860 | 1860 | — | Unfinished | ||
| Piano | Preludium in modo classico | Prelude in the Classic Style | 1860 | 1860 | — | Lost | — | — |
| Piano | Intermezzo in modo classico | Intermezzo in the Classic Style | 1860 | 1861 | — | Initial Version | 1873 | Bitner |
| Piano | Intermezzo in modo classico | Intermezzo in the Classic Style | 1867 | 1867 | — | Revision | 1939 | Muzgiz |
| Piano | Menuet monstre | Menuet monstre | 1861 | 1861 | — | Lost | — | — |
| Piano Duet | Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 130 | String Quartet in B major, Op. 130 | 1862 | 1862 | — | Arrangement | ||
| Piano | Грузинская песня | Georgian Song | 1862 | 1862 | — | Arrangement | 1862 | Stellovsky |
| Piano Duet | Ромео и Джульетта | Romeo and Juliet | 1862 | 1862 | — | Arrangement | ||
| Piano | Из воспоминаний детства | From Memories of Childhood | 1865 | 1865 | — | 1934 | Muzgiz | |
| Piano | Дума | Rêverie | 1865 | 1865 | — | 1911 | Bessel | |
| Piano | La Capricieuse | La Capricieuse | 1865 | 1865 | — | 1939 | Muzgiz | |
| Piano | Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 59, No. 2 | Allegretto, from String Quartet in e minor, Op. 59, No. 2 | 1867 | 1867 | — | Arrangement | ||
| Piano | Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 131 | Presto, from String Quartet in C minor, Op. 131 | 1867 | 1867 | — | Arrangement | ||
| Piano | Квартет для двух скрипок, альта и виолончели, Op. 135 | Lento and Vivace, from String Quartet in F major, Op. 135 | 1867 | 1867 | — | Arrangement | ||
| Piano | Швея | The Seamstress | 1871 | 1871 | — | 1872 | Bernard | |
| Piano | Картинки с выставки | Pictures at an Exhibition | 1874-06-02 | 1874-06-22 | — | 1886 | Bessel | |
| Piano | Буря на черном море | Storm on the Black Sea | 1879 | 1879 | — | Lost | — | — |
| Piano | Близ южного берега Крыма | Near the Southern Shore of the Crimea | 1880 | 1880 | — | 1880 | Bernard | |
| Piano | На южном берегу Крыма | On the Southern Shore of the Crimea | 1880 | 1880 | — | 1880 | Bernard | |
| Piano | Méditation | Meditation | 1880 | 1880 | — | 1880 | Bernard | |
| Piano | Une Larme | A Tear | 1880 | 1880 | — | 1880 | Bernard | |
| Piano | Au Village | In the Village | 1880 | 1880 | — | 1882 | ||
| Piano | Ярмарочная сцена из оперы "Сорочинская ярмарка" | Fair Scene from the opera Sorochyntsi Fair | 1880 | 1880 | — | Arrangement | 1939 | Muzgiz |
| Piano | Гопак веселых паробков из оперы "Сорочинская ярмарка" | Gopak of the Merry Lads from the opera Sorochyntsi Fair | 1880 | 1880 | — | Arrangement | 1939 | Muzgiz |
| Chorus | Марш Шамиля | Shamil's March | 1859 | 1859-10-11 | Projected | — | — | |
| Chorus | Поражение Сеннахериба | The Destruction of Sennacherib | 1866 | 1867 | Byron | Initial Version | 1871 | Bitner |
| Chorus | Поражение Сеннахериба | The Destruction of Sennacherib | 1874 | 1874 | Byron | Revision | 1939 | Muzgiz |
| Chorus | Иисус Навин | Iisus Navin | 1874 | 1877-07-02 | The Bible | 1883 | Bessel | |
| Chorus | Вокализы для трех женских голосов | Vocalises for three women's voices | 1880 | 1880 | — | |||
| Chorus | Пять Русских народных песен | Five Russian Folksongs | 1880 | 1880 | Anonymous | Unfinished | ||
| Song | Сельская песня | "Rustic Song" | 1857 | 1857-04-18 | Grekov | Initial Version | 1911 | Bessel |
| Song | Где ты, звёздочка? | "Where Art Thou, Little Star?" | 1858-06-03 | 1858-06-04 | Grekov | Orchestration | ||
| Song | Где ты, звёздочка? | "Where Art Thou, Little Star?" | 1863-66 | 1863-66 | Grekov | Revision | ||
| Song | Meines Herzens Sehnsucht | "Thou Longing of My Heart" | 1858 | 1858-09-06 | Anonymous | 1907 | ||
| Song | Отчего, скажи, душа-девица | "Tell Me Why, Fair Maiden" | 1858 | 1858-07-31 | Anonymous | 1867 | Iogansen | |
| Song | Весёлый час | "The Joyous Hour" | 1858-59 | 1858-59 | Koltsov | Initial Version | ||
| Song | Весёлый час | "The Joyous Hour" | 1863-66 | 1863-66 | Koltsov | Revision | 1923 | Bessel |
| Song | Листья шумели уныло | "Leaves Rustled Sadly" | 1859 | 1859 | Pleshcheyev | 1911 | Bessel | |
| Song | Что вам слова любви? | "What are Words of Love to You?" | 1860 | 1860 | Ammosov | 1923 | Bessel | |
| Song | Много есть у меня теремов и садов | "Many Are My Palaces and Gardens" | 1863 | 1863 | Koltsov | 1923 | Bessel | |
| Song | Песнь старца | "Old Man's Song" | 1863 | 1863-08-13 | Goethe | 1911 | Bessel | |
| Song | Царь Саул | "Tsar Saul" | 1863 | 1863 | Byron | Initial Version | ||
| Song | Царь Саул | "Tsar Saul" | 1863 | 1863 | Byron | Revision | 1871 | Bessel |
| Song | Но если-бы с тобою я встретиться могла | "But If I Could Meet Thee" | 1863 | 1863-08-15 | Kurochkin | 1923 | Bessel | |
| Song | Дуют ветры, ветры буйные | "The Winds Blow, the Wild Winds" | 1864 | 1864-03-28 | Koltsov | 1911 | Bessel | |
| Song | Калистратушка | "Kalistratushka" | 1864 | 1864-05-22 | Nekrasov | Initial Version | ||
| Song | Калистрат | "Kalistrat" | 1864 | 1864 | Nekrasov | Revision | ||
| Song | Ночь | "Night" | 1864 | 1864-04-10 | Pushkin | Initial Version | ||
| Song | Ночь | "Night" | 1868 | 1868 | Pushkin | Revision | 1871 | Bessel |
| Song Duet | Ogni sabato | "Every Saturday" | 1864 | 1864 | Arrangement | 1931 | ||
| Song | Молитва | "A Prayer" | 1865 | 1865-02-02 | Lermontov | 1923 | Bessel | |
| Song | Отверженная | "The Outcast " | 1865 | 1865-06-05 | Holz-Miller | 1923 | Bessel | |
| Song | Колыбельная песня | "Cradle Song" | 1865 | 1865-09-05 | Ostrovsky | Initial version | ||
| Song | Спи, усни, крестьянский сын | "Sleep, Go to Sleep, Peasant Son" | 1865 | 1865 | Ostrovsky | Revision | 1871 | Bessel |
| Song | Малютка | "Little One" | 1866 | 1866-01-07 | Pleshcheyev | 1923 | Bessel | |
| Song | Желание | "Desire" | 1866-04-15 | 1866-04-16 | Heine | 1911 | ||
| Song | Из слёз моих | "From My Tears" | 1866 | 1866 | Heine | |||
| Song | Светик Савишна | "Darling Savishna" | 1866 | 1866-09-02 | Mussorgsky | 1867 | Iogansen | |
| Song | Ах, ты, пьяная тетеря | "Ah, You Drunken Sot" | 1866 | 1866 | Mussorgsky | 1926 | ||
| Song | Семинарист | "The Seminarist" | 1866 | 1866 | Mussorgsky | 1870 | Benicke | |
| Song | Гопак | "Gopak" | 1866 | 1866-08-31 | Shevchenko | Initial Version | ||
| Song | Гопак | "Gopak" | 1868 | 1868 | Shevchenko | Revision | 1868 | Iogansen |
| Song | Песнь Ярёмы | "Yaryoma's Song" | 1866 | 1866 | Shevchenko | Lost | — | — |
| Song | На Днепре | "On the Dnieper" | 1879 | 1879-12-23 | Shevchenko | Revision | 1888 | |
| Song | Еврейская песня | "Hebrew Song" | 1867 | 1867-06-12 | Mey | 1868 | Iogansen | |
| Song | Стрекотунья-белобока | "Magpie Whitesides" | 1867 | 1867-08-26 | Pushkin | 1871 | Bessel | |
| Song | По грибы | "Gathering Mushrooms" | 1867 | 1867-08 | Mey | 1868 | Iogansen | |
| Song | Пирушка | "The Banquet" | 1867 | 1867-09 | Koltsov | 1868 | Iogansen | |
| Song | Озорник | "The Urchin" | 1867 | 1867-12-19 | Mussorgsky | 1871 | Bessel | |
| Song | Светская сказочка | "A Society Tale " | 1867 | 1867-12-23 | Mussorgsky | 1868 | Iogansen | |
| Song | По над Доном сад цветёт | "A Garden by the Don Blooms" | 1867 | 1867-12-23 | Koltsov | 1883 | Bessel | |
| Song | Классик | "The Classicist" | 1867 | 1867-12-30 | Mussorgsky | 1870 | Arngold | |
| Song | Сиротка | "The Orphan" | 1868 | 1868-04-06 | Mussorgsky | 1871 | Bessel | |
| Song | Колыбельная Ерёмушки | "Yeryomushka's Lullaby" | 1868 | 1868-03-16 | Nekrasov | 1871 | Bessel | |
| Song | Детская песенка | "A Child's Song" | 1868 | 1868 | Mey | 1871 | Bessel | |
| Song Cycle | Детская | The Nursery | 1868 | 1870 | Mussorgsky | 1872 | Bessel | |
| Song | С няней | "With Nanny" | 1868 | 1868-04-26 | Mussorgsky | Part of a cycle | 1872 | Bessel |
| Song | В углу | "In the Corner" | 1870 | 1870-09-30 | Mussorgsky | Part of a cycle | 1871 | Bessel |
| Song | Жук | "The Beetle" | 1870 | 1870-10-18 | Mussorgsky | Part of a cycle | 1871 | Bessel |
| Song | С куклой | "With the Doll" | 1870 | 1870-12-18 | Mussorgsky | Part of a cycle | 1871 | Bessel |
| Song | На сон грядущий | "At Bedtime" | 1870 | 1870-12-18 | Mussorgsky | Part of a cycle | 1872 | Bessel |
| Song Cycle | На даче | At the Dacha | 1872 | 1872 | Mussorgsky | Unfinished | 1882 | Bessel |
| Song | Поехал на палочке | "Ride on a Stick-Horse" | 1872 | 1872-09-15 | Mussorgsky | Part of a cycle | 1882 | Bessel |
| Song | Кот Матрос | "The Cat 'Sailor'" | 1872 | 1872-08-15 | Mussorgsky | Part of a cycle | 1882 | Bessel |
| Song | Раёк | "The Gallery " | 1870 | 1870-06-15 | Mussorgsky | 1871 | Bessel | |
| Song | Вечерняя песенка | "Evening Song" | 1871 | 1871-03-15 | Pleshcheyev | 1912 | Bessel | |
| Song Cycle | Без солнца | Sunless | 1874 | 1874-08-25 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | 1874 | Bessel | |
| Song | В четырёх стенах | "Within Four Walls" | 1874 | 1874-05-07 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1874 | Bessel |
| Song | Меня в толпе ты не узнала | "Thou Didst Not Know Me in the Crowd" | 1874 | 1874-05-19 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1874 | Bessel |
| Song | Окончен праздный шумный день | "The Idle Noisy Day is Ended" | 1874 | 1874-05-20 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1874 | Bessel |
| Song | Скучай | "Be Bored" | 1874 | 1874-06-02 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1874 | Bessel |
| Song | Элегия | "Elegy" | 1874 | 1874-08-19 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1874 | Bessel |
| Song | Над рекой | "On the River" | 1874 | 1874-08-25 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1874 | Bessel |
| Song | Забытый | "Forgotten" | 1874 | 1874 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | 1874 | Bessel | |
| Song | Надгробное письмо | "The Epitaph" | 1874 | 1874 | Mussorgsky | Unfinished | 1912 | Bessel |
| Song | Крапивная Гора | "Nettle Mountain" | 1874 | 1874 | Mussorgsky | Unfinished | 1939 | Muzgiz |
| Song Cycle | Песни и пляски смерти | Songs and Dances of Death | 1875 | 1877 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | 1882 | Bessel | |
| Song | Колыбельная | "Lullaby" | 1875 | 1875-04-14 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1882 | Bessel |
| Song | Серенада | "Serenade" | 1875 | 1875-05-11 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1882 | Bessel |
| Song | Трепак | "Trepak" | 1875 | 1875-02-17 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1882 | Bessel |
| Song | Полководец | "The Field-Marshal" | 1877 | 1877-06-05 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | Part of a cycle | 1882 | Bessel |
| Song | Непонятная | "The Misunderstood One" | 1875 | 1875-12-21 | Mussorgsky | 1911 | Bessel | |
| Song | Не божиим громом горе ударило | "Not Like Thunder from Heaven" | 1877 | 1877-03-05 | Tolstoy | 1882 | Bessel | |
| Song | Горними тихо летела душа небесами | "Softly the Spirit Flew up to Heaven" | 1877 | 1877-03-09 | Tolstoy | 1882 | Bessel | |
| Song | Ой, честь ли то молодцу лён прясти | "Is It an Honor for a Young Man to Weave Flax?" | 1877 | 1877-03-20 | Tolstoy | 1882 | Bessel | |
| Song | Рассевается, расступается | "It Scatters and Breaks" | 1877 | 1877-03-21 | Tolstoy | 1882 | Bessel | |
| Song | Видение | "The Vision" | 1877 | 1877-04-07 | Golenishchev-Kutuzov | 1882 | Bessel | |
| Song | Спесь | "Pride" | 1877-05-15 | 1877-05-16 | Tolstoy | 1882 | Bessel | |
| Song | Странник | "The Wanderer" | 1878 | 1878 | Rückert | 1883 | Bessel | |
| Song | Песня Мефистофеля в погребке Ауэрбаха | "Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Cellar " | 1879 | 1879 | Goethe | 1883 |