The Nursery (song cycle)

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The Nursery is a song cycle by Modest Mussorgsky that vividly portrays scenes from a child’s world through a series of characterful, psychologically nuanced miniatures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song cycle ⓘ
vocal composition ⓘ
accompaniment piano ⓘ
characteristic miniature character pieces ⓘ
psychological realism ⓘ
composer Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
creator Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ
depicts childhood ⓘ
children’s everyday life ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Russia ⓘ
genre art song ⓘ
hasCatalogueNumber without opus number ⓘ
hasPart At Bedtime (song) ⓘ
In the Corner (song) ⓘ
The Beetle (song) ⓘ
The Cat Sailor (song) ⓘ
The Hobby-Horse (song) ⓘ
With Nurse (song) ⓘ
With the Doll (song) ⓘ
hasTheme domestic life in 19th-century Russia ⓘ
humor and irony ⓘ
naive perspective of a child ⓘ
influencedBy Russian folk speech patterns ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
movementStyle through-composed songs ⓘ
notableArrangementBy Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ
Edison Denisov ⓘ
notableFeature each song presents a different scene from a child’s life ⓘ
music closely follows the inflections of Russian language ⓘ
numberOfSongs 7 ⓘ
originalInstrumentation voice and piano ⓘ
partOf Mussorgsky’s vocal works ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
style speech-like vocal declamation ⓘ
vivid characterization ⓘ
subjectMatter a child’s world ⓘ
imaginative play ⓘ
interactions between child and adults ⓘ
textAuthor Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ
tonalLanguage tonal with modal inflections ⓘ
uses piano to illustrate actions and characters ⓘ
vocalType mezzo-soprano or soprano ⓘ

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Modest Mussorgsky → notableWork → The Nursery (song cycle) ⓘ