Moussorgsky: 'Pictures at an exhibition'

United States, 1968

Film
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Episode of Series “Music in Motion”.
Scenes of the flower gardens at Paris’ Louvre and Tuileries Park, children playing, fluffy chicks running about, the bustling market place at Limoges and the Paris Catacombs are shown to express part of Moussorgsky’s composition “Pictures at an Exhibition”. The composer wrote the music to pay homage to paintings by his friend Victor Hartmann.

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Credits

director

Donald R. Phillips

production company

Musilog

Duration

00:08:20:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1968

Appears in

Music in Motion

Group of items

Music in Motion

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

007312

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → France - Description and travel

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and music

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, French

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Music & Performing Arts → Art and music

Music & Performing Arts → Composers

Music & Performing Arts → Composition (Music)

Music & Performing Arts → Music appreciation

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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