August 15 - August 28: Listening Assignment (remember that listening assignments apply to the weeks during which the listening is assigned.)

Modest Mussorgsky

• Read this article about Mussorgsky: http://www.dsokids.com/listen/by-composer/modest-mussorgsky.aspx
• Listen to the pronunciation of his name and say it three times out loud. 
• Listen to the other musical example by Mussorgsky in the dsokids link above.
• What era did he compose in (Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Contemporary)?
• What are three things you learned from his biography that you liked?
• Please listen to/watch the entire version of "A Night on Bald Mountain" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLCuL-K39eQ