Modest Mussorgsky

Mussorgsky was born in Karevo, Russia in 1839, and would go on to help shape the face of Russian music. Mussorgsky challenged typical idioms of Western music, striving to build a uniquely Russian aesthetic though his music. Mussorgsky integrated Russian folklore and traditional song into his classical compositions, attributed to the Romantic era. He was a member of a group of promising Russian composers, dubbed the Five.