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The suite of 10 piano pieces, “Pictures at an Exhibition,” took its inspiration from a real art exhibition by the composer’s good friend Viktor Hartmann.

Gusli, the oldest and most Russian musical instrument Legion Media Russian fairy tale characters play music on gusli and even defeat enemies with its help. How? By making them dance! The sound of this folk instrument will make you imagine yourself in a forest in a Russian kosovorotkashirt and hugging a birch. This instrument was in the hands of long-beard staretses (seniors) who were telling their byliny (legends) accompanied by calm music. It was the only instrument the bog...