Modest Mussorgsky(1839-1881) He preferred the miserable life of musician to the bright career of an officer. Nobleman by birth, he sang of the strength of the common people. The gifted Russian composer Modest Petrovich Mussorsky was named “Shakespeare in music.”.

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Modest Mussorgsky: Famous Composers (6:59); .