Romantic · 1867
Night on Bald Mountain — finale
M. Mussorgsky
- Key
- D
- Time
- 6/8
- Tempo
- ♩=60
- AO focus
- AO3
Incipit
Form
Closing dawn-bell section. The witches' sabbath ends with church bell calling daybreak.
Teaching points
- Dawn bell — programmatic close
- Witches dispersed by morning
- AO3: programmatic dramatic close
Full score ↓Public domain
Bessel + Rimsky orchestration, PD.